Cosmos bipinnatus
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03 May 2008
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Old flower
03 May 2008
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Remains of flower
03 May 2008
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Full name: | Cosmos bipinnatus Cav. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Kosmos, Mieliepes |
| English common name(s): | Cosmos |
| Synonym(s): | Bidens bipinnata Baill. - non L.-- nom.illegit. (ill.) Bidens formosa (Bonato) Sch.Bip. Cosmos formosa Bonato |
| Status: | Alien |
| Description: | Annual herb to c. 1 m. Leaves: petiole 0 or widened and clasping, to 4 cm; lamina 6-11 x 3-5 cm, ovate in outline, deeply dissected with ultimate segments c. 1 mm wide, linear. Capitula up to c. 2 cm diameter (excluding rays), solitary on terminal and side branches. Phyllaries: outer c. 1 cm, ovate with a long-acuminate apex; inner shorter. Receptacular scales c. 7 mm with a linear appendage, c. 2 mm. Rays up to 4 cm, c. 8, pink, white or lilac; apex 3-dentate. Disk florets yellow. Achenes 7-16 mm, blackish. Pappus of 2-3 forward-pointing setae or 0. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) Annual herb, erect, 0.6–1.3 m high. Leaves pinnatisect, 6–11 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, the segments linear, 0.4–1.2 mm wide. Capitula solitary or in few-headed cymes; peduncle 1.5–20 cm long. Ray florets 8, pink, white or red; ray 25–40 mm long; disc florets many, yellow, 6–7 mm long. Achenes 7–16 mm long, the beak 1–6 mm long; pappus of two aristae, 1–1.5 mm long. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
