Gomphrena L.

19 species in Aust.; Qld, NSW, NT, S.A., WA

*Gomphrena celosioides Mart.

Woolly, branching, annual herb. Leaves opposite, spathulate, 2–5 cm long, narrowed into a very short petiole. Flowers bisexual, mostly in terminal globular shining silvery spikes 12 mm diam. which are sessile between the uppermost leaves. Coast. Weed. Introd. from S. America. Gomphrena Weed