Celosia argentea
Sp. Pl. 1: 205. 1753.
Common names: Silver cockscomb
WeedyIntroducedIllustrated
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. Utricles 4 mm. Seeds 3–8, 1.5 mm diam., smooth, shiny. 2n = 72.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Waste places, weedy areas
Elevation: 0-1400 m
Distribution
Introduced; Ala., Fla., Ind., Ky., La., Md., N.J., N.C., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Utah, W.Va., West Indies, South America, native to Asia (India)
Discussion
Celosia argentea is locally escaped from cultivation, and perhaps originally native to India.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscence +
long-acuminate +
tapering +
Silver cockscomb +
peripheral +
alternating +
connate +
hypogynous +
bisexual +
cluster +
Present +
many-flowered +
fasciated +
arranged +
true +
petiolate +
alternate +
superior +
3;many +
axillary +
surrounding +
absent +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
black +
1.5 +
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2;5 +
erect +
glabrous +
persistent +
exserted +
absent +
elongate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
indurate +
Celosia argentea +
Celosia +
species +
3-veined +
translucent +
distinct +
absent +
glabrous +
3;5 +
scarious +
simple +
circumscissile +
ovoid +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
membranaceous +
annual +