Amaranthaceae
Common globe amaranth
Gomphrena globosa
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Gomphrena
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Common names
By language (42)
- ace
- Gancéng bajèe
- Arabic
- دم العاشق, مخلدة كروية
- Armenian
- Հնդկական անթառամ գնդաձև
- arz
- دم العاشق
- Assamese
- ৰক্তমল্লিকা
- Azerbaijani
- Başcıqlı qomfrena
- ban
- Ratna
- Bangla
- বোতাম ফুল
- Belarusian
- Гамфрэна шарападобная
- Chinese
- 千日紅, 千日红, 火球花, 百日红, 圆仔花
- Croatian
- Crljena semprica
- Czech
- Pestrovka kulovitá
- dty
- सुपारि फूल
- English
- Common globe amaranth, Globe amaranth, Bachelor button
- Estonian
- Ümar kerarebashein
- Finnish
- Pyöröpallohäntä
- German
- Echter Kugelamarant
- Haitian Creole
- Magerit
- Indonesian
- Bunga kenop
- Japanese
- センニチコウ, 千日紅
- Kannada
- ಗಾಂಫ್ರಿನ
- Korean
- 천일홍
- lah
- دم العاشق
- Maithili
- सुपारी फुल
- Malay
- Bunga butang, Pokok Butang Ungu, Bunga empat puluh hari, Butang ungu
- Malayalam
- വാടാർമല്ലി, Bachelor Button, Globe Amaranth, Rakthamallika, Vaadaamalli, രക്തമല്ലിക, വാടാ മല്ലി, വാടാമല്ലി
- Nepali
- मखमली
- Persian
- گل تکمهای
- Polish
- Gomfrena kulista, Wiecznik kulisty
- Punjabi
- ਗੌਫ਼ਰੀਨਾ
- Russian
- Гомфрена шаровидная, Гомфрена круглая, Гомфрена шароподобная
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇတုမ်ႇမႆ, မွၵ်ႇတုမ်မႆၽိူၵ်ႇ, မွၵ်ႇတုမ်ႇမႆၵမ်ႇ
- Sindhi
- گل مخمل
- Slovak
- Gomfréna hlávkatá
- Spanish
- Amaranto perenne, Flor de la oracion, Flor de la oración, Violeta silvestre
- Swedish
- Klotamarant
- Tamil
- வாடாமல்லி
- Thai
- บานไม่รู้โรย, Amaranth, Globe amaranth
- Tongan
- Malila
- Turkish
- Medine çiçeği
- Uyghur
- گۈلياسىمەن
- Vietnamese
- Hoa nở ngày
Synonyms
- Amaranthoides globosa (L.) M.Gómez
- Amaranthoides globosus M.Gómez
- Amaranthoides globosus var. albiflorus M.Gómez
- Gomphrena eriopoda Gillies ex Moq.
- Gomphrena globosa var. albiflora Moq.
- Gomphrena globosa var. aureiflora Stuchlik
- Gomphrena globosa var. carnea Moq.
- Gomphrena rubra hort. ex Moq.
- Gomphrena tumida Seidl ex Opiz
- Xeraea globosa (L.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ribeiroju, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Gomphrena
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- Rio Grande globe amaranthGomphrena haageanaAmaranthaceae
- Gomphrena perennisAmaranthaceae
- Xeraea prostrataGomphrena prostrataAmaranthaceae
- Gomphrena pulchellaAmaranthaceae
- Arrasa con todoGomphrena serrataAmaranthaceae
- Sonoran globe amaranthGomphrena sonoraeAmaranthaceae
- Woolly cottonflowerGomphrena lanuparonychioidesAmaranthaceae
- Xeraea lundiiGomphrena pohliiAmaranthaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.