Cockscomb Gomphrena is a perennial herb, prostrate,
20-50 cm tall, rooting at lower nodes and internodes, usually forming a
dense mat. Plant is whitish green to yellowish green. Leaves are oblong
to oblong-oblanceoate, blunt at tip, shining, hairless or remotely
silky on upper surface. Flower-spikes are dull-white, cylindrical,
elongating to a long cylinder up to 8.5 cm long, looking like smaller
version of
Silver Cockscomb. A closely related
species
Prostrate Gomphrena has shorter
flower-spikes, only up to 2.5 cm long. Bracteole crest small, confined
to upper one-third of the bracteole, with unprominent teeth on the
uppermost margin. Cockscomb Gomphrena is native to South America,
naturalized in India.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
Photographed in Delhi.
• Is this flower misidentified?
If yes,
Your name: Your email: Your comments
The flower labeled Cockscomb Gomphrena is ...