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Gomphrena vermicularis
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Gomphrena vermicularis, with common names silverhead, silverweed, saltweed, and samphire, is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the Americas from the southeastern United States to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, and Brazil, and to western and central tropical Africa from Mauritania to Angola. It has edible stems and leaves.
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Gomphrena vermicularis
- Slug
- gomphrena-vermicularis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Gomphrena
- Species
- vermicularis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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