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Celosia argentea (silver cock's comb)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Celosia argentea, commonly known as plumed cockscomb, or the silver cock's comb, is a herbaceous plant of tropical origin, and is known for its very bright colors. In India and China it is known as a troublesome weed.
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Infraspecies

Celosia argentea var. linearis
Celosia argentea var. margaritacea

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Structure [3]  Herb

Predators

Ceroplastes rubens (pink wax scale)[4]
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug)[4]
Phenacoccus solenopsis (solenopsis mealybug)[4]
Pholisora catullus (Common sootywing skipper)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0