Purple Carpet- ID request May2010AR01

[raghu ananth]

Chandagal Village,

07 May 2010

ID request  May2010AR01

These showy flowers are used in the garlands. 

Cattle do eat these plants.

Regards

Raghu

[tanay bose]

Dear Raghu Ji,
If I am not wrong this plant is Gomphrena globosa from the family Amaranthaceae .
Regards
Tanay



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[raghu ananth]

Yes they look like Gomphrena globosa - leaf descriptions, flowers do agree and they attract butterflies too.

http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week493.shtml

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gomphrena

Many thanks, Tanay ji

Raghu

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[tanay bose]

Welcome Raghu Ji
Tanay