Flora of North America species comparison

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Celosia argentea

plumed cockscomb, silver cock's comb
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
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Waste places, weedy areas
Elevation 0-1400 m (0-4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
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
Sibling taxa
C. cristata, C. nitida, C. palmeri, C. trigyna
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 205. (1753)
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