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Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants or annual plants growing 0.3–2 m (1 ft 0 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall. The leaves are simple, pinnate , or bipinnate, and arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are produced in a capitulum with a ring of broad ray florets and a center of disc florets; flower color varies noticeably between the different species.
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos, Mexican aster [2] or cosmea, [3] is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.
The variation in flower color from red to black of Cosmos atrosanguineus and its cultivars results from variation in the amounts of anthocyanins and chalcone present. [6] Hybrids with other Cosmos species are also known in cultivation. As with Cosmos 'Thomocha' (Chocamocha), hybrids may be less scented than the species. [4]
Cosmos caudatus illustration [2]. Cosmos caudatus or king's salad is an annual plant in the genus Cosmos, bearing purple, pink, or white ray florets.It is native to Latin America (from Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil to Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico), [3] and the West Indies, though naturalized in tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Cosmos parviflorus, commonly known as the southwestern cosmos, is an annual, herbaceous, flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is native to parts of the Southwestern United States and most of Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca) and appears to be introduced in portions of the Northeastern United States (Maryland, Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts).
Cosmos sulphureus is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family Asteraceae, also known as sulfur cosmos and yellow cosmos. It is native to Mexico , Central America , and northern South America , and naturalized in other parts of North and South America as well as in Europe, Asia, and Australia.