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Amaranthaceae

Batchelor's button

Gomphrena celosioides Mart.

Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Gomphrena

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Batchelor's button: Introduced, warm-season, annual or perennial, prostrate to ascending herb. Stems are pubescent to woolly or hairless and to 25 cm tall. Leaves are opposite, obl
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Afrikaans
Kruip-knopamarant, Mierbossie
Bangla
সাদা মোরগফুল
Chinese
假千日紅, 银花苋, 地锦苋, 鸡冠千日红
English
Batchelor's button, Prostrate globe amaranth, Xeraea celosiodes
Thai
บานไม่รู้โรยป่า
Zulu
Intandangulube

Synonyms

  • Gomphrena alba Peter
  • Gomphrena celosioides f. aureiflora (Chodat) Pedersen
  • Gomphrena celosioides f. grandifolia Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena celosioides f. parvifolia Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena celosioides f. suberecta Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena celosioides f. villosa Suess.
  • Gomphrena celosioides var. aureiflora Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena decumbens f. albiflora Chodat & Hassl.
  • Gomphrena decumbens f. aureiflora Chodat & Hassl.
  • Gomphrena decumbens var. albiflora Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena decumbens var. aureiflora Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena globosa subsp. africana Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena hygrophila var. subecristata Herzog
  • Gomphrena lutea Rusby
  • Gomphrena perennis f. ramosissima Stuchlík

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.