Gomphrena globosa L., Sp. Pl. 224 1753. (syn: Amaranthoides globosus Maza; Amaranthoides globosus var. albiflorus Maza; Gomphrena eriopoda Gillies ex Moq.; Gomphrena globosa var. albiflora Moq.; Gomphrena globosa var. aureiflora Stuchlik; Gomphrena globosa var. carnea Moq.; Gomphrena rubra Moq.; Gomphrena tumida Seidl ex Opiz; Xeraea globosa Kuntze); . gom-FREE-nuh — from the Latin gomphaena, ancient classical name for an amaranth … Dave’s Botanary glo-BOH-suh — spherical … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: bachelor’s buttons, globe amaranth, gomphrena • Assamese: ৰক্তমল্লিকা raktamallika • Bengali: বোতাম ফুল botaam phool • Dogri: गुलतम gultam, गुलतारा gultara • Gujarati: જફલી ગુંદી japhali gundi • Hindi: गुले औरंग gul-e-aurang, गुले मख़मल gul-e-maḵẖmal • Kannada: ಅಡಿಕೆ ಹು adike hoo, ಬಿಳಿರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bilirudrakshi, ಕಾಶಿಗೊಂಡೆ kaashigonde, ಕೆಂಪುಗೊಂಡೆ kempugonde, ಮಹಾಸಹೆ mahaasahe, ನೆಲರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ nelarudrakshi • Konkani: बुतांव गोंडो butamv gomdo • Maithili: सुपाड़ी फूल supaaree phool • Malayalam: വാടാമല്ലി vaadaamalli • Manipuri: ꯄꯦꯠꯔꯨꯛꯂꯩ petruklei • Marathi: गुलमखमल gulmakhamal, जाफरीगुंडी japharigundi, मखमल makhmal • Mizo: chuai-lo-par • Nepali: मखमली फूल makhamalee phool, सुपारी फूल supaaree phool • Odia: ରକ୍ତକ raktaka • Punjabi: ਗੌਫ਼ਰੀਨਾ gaufrina • Santali: ᱰᱩᱝᱰᱩᱝ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ dundun baha • Sindhi: گل مخمل gal mukhmal • Tamil: வாடாமல்லிகை vatamallikai • Telugu: బొండు మల్లి bandu malli, ఎర్ర పగడ బంతి erra pagada banti, రుద్రాక్షి rudraakshi, తెల్ల పొగడ గోరంట thella pedda goranta • Urdu: گُلِ اَورَنگْ gul-e-aurang, گُلِ مَخْمَل gul-e-makhmal Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot. . Distribution: widely naturalized, also cultivated; exact native range obscure . Popular ornamental annual herb with much brached stem, branches slightly angular and greyish hairy, swollen at nodes; leaves opposite, oblong to oblong-obovate, up to 12 cm long, white hairy, margin undulate; petiole 1-2 cm long; flowers in terminal globose purple heads, subtended by two leaves; bracteoles purple triangular-lanceolate, longer than bract; tepals white hairy outside; stigmas 2; utricle globose. .
Gomphrena globosa : Srinagar : 301011 : AK-4: Picture taken on the 10th of Sept,11. Kindly validate. Since I saw this color for the first time….have seen Purple & White flowers before, thought of sharing. nice capture … I had the pink variety with me. The flower is also known as “Bachelors button“
Gomphrena globosa Linn. ? from Hooghly 25/10/12 sk: One of my students took a twig from his garden and wanted me to ID this plant. I think i have seen this plant in other gardens as well. Species : Gomphrena globosa Linn. ? H & H : ornamental herb Date : 21/9/12, 3.30 p.m. Place : Hooghly Yes … very common garden plant.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:.Gomphrena globosa from Chidambaram BRS 001: Sharing the images of Gomphrena globosa.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: NS 004: Gomphrena globosa: Rare colour, never seen this colour, … Many thanks for sharing this cultivar. and there is still another much darker variety that I used to have, it used to self seed…
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: RVS-9: Gomphrena globosa: Thanks … for clarity..never seen such a clear closeup of flower.. Beautiful flower. It is a favorite of butterflies. I used to buy the flower from the market only to get the seeds !!
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: DV16 :: 26 APR 08 08:54:54 :: Gomphrena globosa in Mumbai gardens: gom-FREE-nuh — from the Latin gomphaena, ancient classical name for an amaranth … Dave’s Botanary glo-BOH-suh — spherical … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: bachelor’s buttons, globe amaranth, gomphrena • Hindi: गुलमखमल gul-makhmal • Kannada: mahaasahe • Malayalam: wadapu • Manipuri: chengkruk • Marathi: गुलमखमल gulmakhamal, जाफरीगुंडी japharigundi, मखमल or मखमाल makhmal • Tamil: வாடாமல்லிகை vatamallikai • Urdu: gul-e-makhmal Distribution: widely naturalized, also cultivated; exact native range obscure References: Flowers of India • Top Tropicals • Dave’s Garden • Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN in gardens of Mumbai Spectacular pics as usual..
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: MN-1: Gomphrena globosa: very popular garden plant for soils not conducive to others. love the colors Very nice Bright lovely globose inflorescence. . Gomphrena globosa (Globe Amaranth)-MN28112012:
Gomphrena globosa from Arya PG College Campus Panipat
Flora of Panipat: Gomphrena globosa: what a beauty…both colors, and hands are steady.. tiniest hairs on the edges of the leaves are visible… 2 more pics
Gomphrena globosa from Arya PG College Campus Panipat: Gomphrena globosa L. (Amaranthaceae) known as “Globe Amaranth” is a species cultivated for long-lasting flowerbeds. Flower heads if cut just before maturity, are ‘everlasting’, retaining their colour for a long time. So it can be used in dry decoration. Yes, very good photographs
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Gomphrena globosa L. from Kashmir and Delhi..GS-36: 5 images. Gomphrena globosa L., Sp. pl. 1:224. 1753 Common names: bachelor’s-button; common globe-amaranth; globe-amaranth Popular ornamental annual herb with much brached stem, branches slightly angular and greyish hairy, swollen at nodes; leaves opposite, oblong to oblong-obovate, up to 12 cm long, white hairy, margin undulate; petiole 1-2 cm long; flowers in terminal globose purple heads, subtended by two leaves; bracteoles purple triangular-lanceolate, longer than bract; tepals white hairy outside; stigmas 2; utricle globose. Photographed from Kashmir and Delhi
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Gomphrena globosa : Sri Lanka : 100213 : AK-29:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week : sk-17 : Gomphrena globosa L.:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Gomphrena globosa : Flower Show,Mumbai : 100213 : AK-31: Yes … Thanks for sharing.
ID required!: …. 4. The first photograph belongs to Gomphrena gobosa and second to Gomphrena celosioides.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Gomphrena globosa : Red : Mumbai & Srinagar : AK-5: Yes … Nice photographs
Flora of Panipat- Gomphrena haageana from a nursery in Panipat: That is very peculiar species name and so I just tried to look for information why the plant has been named this way. Actually the species name is to commemorate J.N. Haage (1926-78), a German plant collector and seedsman. Since the name ends in a vowel, -an is added after the person name instead of ian (for names ending in consonant), and then the usual gender ending -a, -um or -us as the case may be. According to me the issue is different sir. Haagei could be one option when the word ends in a vowel. Orther such examples are ‘hegdei’, ‘maderoi’ and ‘rosei’ When Haagei is there it means Haage’s Gomphrena, which in turn can be ideally or wrongly perceived as the plant was originally collected by Haage but described by someone else. Here ‘Haage’ is used as a ‘Noun’. Haageana means Haagean Gomphrena, which could mean, as beautiful as Haage. Here ‘Haage’ is used as an ‘Adjective’. Some other examples are, ‘weddelliana’, ‘congniauxiana’ and ‘wallichiana’. It is then followed by ‘a’ or ‘us’ or ‘um’, to denote the gender. In first case, the importance to the person is lessened but in second case you are kind of admiring the person by giving a name after him. Thanks … I never thought use of -ii or -i does lower the importance of a person. I thought it is personal choice of author to use the name as genitive (possessive) form (-hookeri) or adjective (-hookeriana). I can’t imagine I will give you another example. Lets say Amit is Sumit’s father. So if I say, Amit’s Sumit or Sumit is as intelligent as Amit. then it does make a difference as first sentence is very casual but second sentence is a praise. Similarly if you say “Hooker’s Iris” and then “Iris as handsome as Hooker”, then there is a praise in second. Botanically it doesnt change anything, but in grammar they are different. :)) Gomphrena globosa as per another thread (with heading Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BS12: Gomphrena globosa from Arya PG College Campus Panipat) from … Here is the link to that thread.
Gomphrena Species For ID : 06APR17 : AK-06 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Gomphrena plants seen at a cultivated garden last month (March’17) in Muscat. For Species id please. Is it Gomphrena globosa only? Does not match with images of Gomphrena globosa Can it be some Celosia species or some other genus ? This should be Gomphrena globosa, with age inflorescence becomes elongated in some locations.
Location: Gyaneswor, Kathmandu
SYMBIOSIS : 1236 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Indian Cabbage White visiting flowers of Gomphrena. This is Gomphrena globosa L. . For Id 31082020MR1 wild plant with pink flowers at Pune : 10 posts by 5 authors. Check with Gomphrena globosa … Thank you … for Id help. On checking I found that flower pictures are looking more like Gomphrena pulchella ref /species/a—l/a/amaranthaceae/gomphrena/gomphrena-pulchella Can it be Gomphrena pulchella? Thank you …. attaching pic again Attachments (1) Welcome back, … We all have been missing you at efloraofindia. Where have you been?May I request you to pl. post a high resolution image to check the details. Thank you … Actually busy with work not finding time. Missing the wonderful time I had in the past interacting with friends here. I went to take another pic to my utter dismay the plant looks withered. Yet I tried to take the pic but not good. I have a Samsung phone now Yes it’s close ma’am, hope you’re right, For me too it is more close to G. pulchella than G. globosa. I will go with …, as per details at Gomphrena globosa L. and Gomphrena . Names of Plants in India :: Gomphrena globosa L.: 1 image. Gomphrena globosa L. gom-FREE-nuh — from the Latin gomphaena, ancient classical name for an amaranth … Dave’s Botanary glo-BOH-suh — spherical … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: bachelor’s buttons, globe amaranth, gomphrena • Assamese: ৰক্তমল্লিকা raktamallika • Bengali: বোতাম ফুল botaam phool • Dogri: गुलतम gultam, गुलतारा gultara • Gujarati: જફલી ગુંદી japhali gundi • Hindi: गुले औरंग gul-e-aurang, गुले मख़मल gul-e-maḵẖmal • Kannada: ಅಡಿಕೆ ಹು adike hoo, ಬಿಳಿರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bilirudrakshi, ಕಾಶಿಗೊಂಡೆ kaashigonde, ಕೆಂಪುಗೊಂಡೆ kempugonde, ಮಹಾಸಹೆ mahaasahe, ನೆಲರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ nelarudrakshi • Konkani: बुतांव गोंडो butamv gomdo • Maithili: सुपाड़ी फूल supaaree phool • Malayalam: വാടാർമല്ലി vaadaamalli • Manipuri: ꯄꯦꯠꯔꯨꯛꯂꯩ petruklei • Marathi: गुलमखमल gulmakhamal, जाफरीगुंडी japharigundi, मखमल makhmal • Mizo: chuai-lo-par • Nepali: मखमली फूल makhamalee phool, सुपारी फूल supaaree phool • Odia: ରକ୍ତକ raktaka • Punjabi: ਗੌਫ਼ਰੀਨਾ gaufrina • Santali: ᱰᱩᱝᱰᱩᱝ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ dundun baha • Sindhi: گل مخمل gal mukhmal • Tamil: வாடாமல்லிகை vatamallikai • Telugu: బొండు మల్లి bandu malli, ఎర్ర పగడ బంతి erra pagada banti, రుద్రాక్షి rudraakshi, తెల్ల పొగడ గోరంట thella pedda goranta • Urdu: گُلِ اَورَنگْ gul-e-aurang, گُلِ مَخْمَل gul-e-makhmal botanical names: Gomphrena globosa L. … synonyms listed at POWO, retrieved 08 December 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India bachelor’s buttons
globe amaranth
gomphrena
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya ৰক্তমল্লিকা raktamallika
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands বোতাম ফুল botaam phool
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras गुलतम gultam, गुलतारा gultara
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu જફલી ગુંદી japhali gundi
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand गुले औरंग gul-e-aurang, गुले मख़मल gul-e-maḵẖmal
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka ಅಡಿಕೆ ಹು adike hoo
ಬಿಳಿರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bilirudrakshi, ನೆಲರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ nelarudrakshi
ಕಾಶಿಗೊಂಡೆ kaashigonde
ಕೆಂಪುಗೊಂಡೆ kempugonde
ಮಹಾಸಹೆ mahaasahe
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat बुतांव गोंडो butamv gomdo
~~~~~ MAITHILI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मैथिली) … spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand सुपाड़ी फूल supaaree phool
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep വാടാർമല്ലി vaadaamalli (or വാടാർമല്ലി vaadaarmalli)
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese … spoken in: Manipur … other names for this language: Meetei ꯄꯦꯠꯔꯨꯛꯂꯩ petruklei
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka गुलमखमल gulmakhamal, जाफरीगुंडी japharigundi, मखमल makhmal (or मखमाल makhmaal)
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~ written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese … spoken in: Mizoram … other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian chuai-lo-par
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) … spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim मखमली फूल makhamalee phool, सुपारी फूल supaaree phool
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ରକ୍ତକ raktaka
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) … spoken in: Punjab ਗੌਫ਼ਰੀਨਾ gaufrina
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~ written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman … spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha ᱰᱩᱝᱰᱩᱝ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ dundun baha
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~ written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी) … spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan گل مخمل gal mukhmal
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands வாடாமல்லிகை vatamallikai
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry బొండు మల్లి bandu malli, ఎర్ర పగడ బంతి erra pagada banti, రుద్రాక్షి rudraakshi, తెల్ల పొగడ గోరంట thella pedda goranta
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ written in: Urdu (اردو) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka گُلِ اَورَنگْ gul-e-aurang, گُلِ مَخْمَل gul-e-makhmal
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ introduced in mainland and all her islands; primarily cultivated as an ornamental
~~~~~ Created on: 09:54 08-12-2025 ¦ Last updated: 15:15 09-12-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/12/gomphrena-globosa-l.html Correct spelling is വാടാമല്ലി vaadaamalli, വാടാർമല്ലി vaadaarmalli I have made the correction in my notes. Malayalam name corrected … commonly known as: bachelor’s buttons, globe amaranth, gomphrena • Assamese: ৰক্তমল্লিকা raktamallika • Bengali: বোতাম ফুল botaam phool • Dogri: गुलतम gultam, गुलतारा gultara • Gujarati: જફલી ગુંદી japhali gundi • Hindi: गुले औरंग gul-e-aurang, गुले मख़मल gul-e-maḵẖmal • Kannada: ಅಡಿಕೆ ಹು adike hoo, ಬಿಳಿರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ bilirudrakshi, ಕಾಶಿಗೊಂಡೆ kaashigonde, ಕೆಂಪುಗೊಂಡೆ kempugonde, ಮಹಾಸಹೆ mahaasahe, ನೆಲರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ nelarudrakshi • Konkani: बुतांव गोंडो butamv gomdo • Maithili: सुपाड़ी फूल supaaree phool • Malayalam: വാടാമല്ലി vaadaamalli • Manipuri: ꯄꯦꯠꯔꯨꯛꯂꯩ petruklei • Marathi: गुलमखमल gulmakhamal, जाफरीगुंडी japharigundi, मखमल makhmal • Mizo: chuai-lo-par • Nepali: मखमली फूल makhamalee phool, सुपारी फूल supaaree phool • Odia: ରକ୍ତକ raktaka • Punjabi: ਗੌਫ਼ਰੀਨਾ gaufrina • Santali: ᱰᱩᱝᱰᱩᱝ ᱵᱟᱦᱟ dundun baha • Sindhi: گل مخمل gal mukhmal • Tamil: வாடாமல்லிகை vatamallikai • Telugu: బొండు మల్లి bandu malli, ఎర్ర పగడ బంతి erra pagada banti, రుద్రాక్షి rudraakshi, తెల్ల పొగడ గోరంట thella pedda goranta • Urdu: گُلِ اَورَنگْ gul-e-aurang, گُلِ مَخْمَل gul-e-makhmal . References: |
Gomphrena globosa
Updated on December 15, 2025