Amaranthaceae
Arrasa con todo
Gomphrena serrata
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Gomphrena
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 短穗假千日紅, 伏千日红
- dag
- Ŋonsuri
- English
- Arrasa con todo
- Malayalam
- വെളുത്ത വാടാമല്ലി
Synonyms
- Achyranthes ternata Host ex Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Lall.
- Amaranthoides decumbens (Jacq.) M.Gómez
- Celosia decumbens hort. ex Moq.
- Celosia procumbens hort. ex Moq.
- Celosia prostrata hort. ex Moq.
- Gomphrena argentea hort. ex Moq.
- Gomphrena bicolor hort. ex Moq.
- Gomphrena decumbens Jacq.
- Gomphrena decumbens f. erecta Stuchlík
- Gomphrena decumbens f. foliatissima Stuchlík
- Gomphrena decumbens f. lanceolata Stuchlík
- Gomphrena decumbens f. magnifolia Stuchlík
- Gomphrena decumbens f. nitida Stuchlík
- Gomphrena decumbens f. obovata Stuchlík
- Gomphrena decumbens var. pringlei Stuchlík
- Gomphrena decumbens var. roseiflora Stuchlík
- Gomphrena diffusa Pav. ex Moq.
- Gomphrena dispersa Standl.
- Gomphrena flava Pav. ex Moq.
- Gomphrena ixiamensis Rusby
- Gomphrena perennis f. simplex Stuchlík
- Gomphrena prostrata Desf.
- Gomphrena trispicata Pav. ex Moq.
- Xeraea decumbens (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Xeraea serrata (L.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.