Globe amaranth
ಗಾಂಫ್ರಿನவாடாமல்லிരക്തമല്ലിക
Gomphrena globosa L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Amaranthaceae
Also called Common globe amaranth, Globe Amaranth
Formerly Amaranthoides globosa, Gomphrena eriopoda, Gomphrena rubra, Gomphrena tumida, and 1 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to BrazilKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 61 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 0.5–2 ft; Wikipedia 24–24 in
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- White, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink, purple, white, yellow; Wikipedia magenta, orange, pink, purple, red, white
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Eternas encarnadas centroamericanas, San Diego, amor seco
- root
- plasmaxanat, ōlōxōchitl, Botang
- myn
- tmuul
- Chinese
- 千日紅, 千日红
- Portuguese
- Perpétua
- Japanese
- センニチコウ
- Dutch
- Kogelamarant
- Czech
- pestrovka kulovitá
- Indonesian
- Bunga Kenop
- Russian
- Гомфрена шаровидная
- Chinese (China)
- 千日红, 百日红
- German
- Echter Kugelamarant
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Gomphrena globosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.