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September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
| Family | Amaranthaceae |
| Scientific name | Celosia argentea L. |
| Synonyms | Celosia swinhoei Hemsley |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) no-geitou (ノゲイトウ, 野鶏頭 [meaning: wild cock's comb]) |
| (English common name) feather cock's comb, red-spinach, silver cock's comb | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Tropical America | |
| Habitat | Field, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=36, 72 |
| Description | Plants 30-120cm tall. Leaves 4.5-15cm long, 0.6-4.5cm wide. Flowers inflorescences 2-17cm long and 12-18mm wide, 5 white or pink perianths each 7-9mm long, 5 stamens, flowering in June to October. Seeds black ca. 1,1mm across. Prennial plants. |
| Reference | Celosia argentea L. |
| Celosia argentea L. | |
| Celosia argentea Linnaeus | |
| Note | Naturalized plants. |
| University of South Florida (USF) has described that synonyms of Celosia argentea L. are: Celosia argentea L. forma cristata (L.) Schinz; Celosia argentea L. var. cristata (L.) Kuntze; Celosia aurea T. Moore; Celosia castrensis L.; Celosia coccinea L.; Celosia comosa Retzius; Celosia cristata L.; Celosia margaritacea L.; Celosia pallida Salisbury; Celosia plumosa Siebert & Voss; Celosia pyramidalis Burman f.; Celosia variegata Siebert & Voss. |
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September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
