Celosia argentea |
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plumed cockscomb, silver cock's comb |
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Habit | Herbs, annual. |
Stems | erect, to 1 m, glabrous. |
Leaves | petiole 1–3 cm; blade unlobed, ovate, lanceolate, or nearly linear, 8–15 × 1–6 cm, base tapering, apex long-acuminate. |
Inflorescences | dense cylindric or ovoid spikes, units 13–20 mm diam. |
Flowers | tepals silvery white or pinkish, 3-veined, 6–8 mm, scarious, translucent; style elongate, 4 mm, indurate and exserted at maturity; stigmas 3. |
Seeds | 3–8, 1.5 mm diam., smooth, shiny. |
Utricles | 4 mm. |
2n | = 72. |
Celosia argentea |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Waste places, weedy areas |
Elevation | 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; IN; KY; LA; MD; NC; NJ; PA; SC; TN; TX; UT; WV; South America; West Indies; native to Asia (India) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Celosia argentea is locally escaped from cultivation, and perhaps originally native to India. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 408. |
Parent taxa | Amaranthaceae > Celosia |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 205. (1753) |
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