Celosia cristate

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Scientific Names



Read about Celosia cristate in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Celosia cristate, Linn. Cockscomb. Fig. 867. Height 9 in. or more: st. very glabrous: lvs. petiolate, ovate or somewhat cordate-ovate, acute, glabrous, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. wide: spikes crested, subsessile, often as wide as the plant is high: seeds small, black, shining, lens-shaped. Tropics. Gn. 13, p. 231. R.H. 1894, p. 58.—There are 8 or 9 well-marked colors in either tall or dwarf forms, the chief colors being red, purple, violet, crimson, amaranth and yellow. The forms with variegated lvs. often have less dense crests. A. japonica, Mart., little known to botanists, is said to be a distinct garden plant with branching, pyramidal habit, each branch bearing a ruffled comb. CH


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