Celosia argentea
Celosia nitida
plumed cockscomb, silver cock's comb
West Indian cock's comb
erect, to 1 m, glabrous.
erect or clambering, branched from rootstock.
petiole 1–3 cm;
blade unlobed, ovate, lanceolate, or nearly linear, 8–15 × 1–6 cm, base tapering, apex long-acuminate.
petiole 0.5–2 cm;
blade unlobed, deltate, ovate, rhombic, to triangular-lanceolate, 3–7 × 1–4 cm, base abruptly narrowed, truncate, or oblique, apex acute to acuminate.
dense cylindric or ovoid spikes, units 13–20 mm diam.
lax panicles of few terminal or axillary spikes, units less than 10 mm diam.
tepals silvery white or pinkish, 3-veined, 6–8 mm, scarious, translucent;
style elongate, 4 mm, indurate and exserted at maturity;
stigmas 3.
tepals greenish, greenish white, or pinkish green, striate, drying to tan, ± equal, 3.5–7 mm, rather rigid;
style 1 mm;
stigmas 3.
3–8, 1.5 mm diam., smooth, shiny.
to 20, 0.8–1 mm diam., faintly reticulate or smooth.
4 mm.
4–5 mm.
= 72.
Celosia argentea
Celosia nitida
Celosia argentea is locally escaped from cultivation, and perhaps originally native to India.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Celosia nitida is widespread in subtropical regions of the New World. In Florida, it occurs mostly in the Keys north to Dade, Lake, Lee, and Monroe counties; in Texas it is known from the south Texas plains, gulf prairies and marshes, and barely into the Edwards Plateau.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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