Gomphrena vermicularis
Appearance
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Gomphrena vermicularis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Gomphrena |
Species: | G. vermicularis
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Binomial name | |
Gomphrena vermicularis L. (1753)
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Synonymy
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Gomphrena vermicularis, with common names silverhead,[2] silverweed, saltweed, and samphire, is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the Americas from the southeastern United States to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, and Brazil, and to western and central tropical Africa from Mauritania to Angola.[1] It has edible stems and leaves.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Gomphrena vermicularis L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Blutaparon vermiculare". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Austin, Daniel F. (2004-11-29). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-203-49188-1. Retrieved 20 September 2023 – via Google Books.
Categories:
- Gomphrena
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Louisiana
- Flora of Florida
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
- Flora of Angola
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Amaranthaceae stubs