Gomphrena globosa
Globe Amaranth, Bachelor's Button, Christ's cloak, Common Globe Amaranth, St Francis' cord, Bachelor's-button, Common Globe-amaranth, Globe-amaranth, Bachelor button, Gancéng bajèe, Ratna, Tmuul
Description
An annual ornamental herbaceous plant with vigorous and rapid growth and an upright habit. It is highly valued in landscaping for its distinctive capitulum-like inflorescences, which rise above the foliage and are very attractive to pollinating insects, thereby helping to preserve the biodiversity of the area where it is grown. Easy to grow and heat-tolerant, it is the ideal choice for flowerbeds, borders and roundabouts to create visual interest, as well as in planters or window boxes to add elegance and visual movement to terraces or balconies.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Gomphrena
- Species
- Gomphrena globosa
Synonyms (5)
- Amaranthoides globosa
- Gomphrena eriopoda
- Gomphrena rubra
- Gomphrena tumida
- Xeraea globosa
