Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
The story
Originating in Mexico and the wider Americas, the garden cosmos, or Mexican aster, has captured hearts worldwide. As gardeners cultivated its many varieties, this resilient flower began to escape its boundaries, naturalizing in scattered locations across the West Indies, South America, Asia, and beyond, weaving itself into the local landscapes.
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- Family
- Asteraceae
How to use it
This species, along with its various cultivars, is widely used as a popular ornamental plant in temperate climate gardens.
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Gardening tip
When growing this species in your garden, keep in mind that it is a popular ornamental plant for temperate climates, but it can easily escape cultivation and naturalize in the surrounding area.
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About
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos or Mexican aster, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant native to Mexico. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as an ornamental plant in temperate climate gardens. It naturalized in scattered locations across North America, South America, the West Indies, Italy, Australia, and Asia, where it is a garden escape (introduced species) and in some habitats becoming a weed.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Cosmos
- Slug
- cosmos
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cosmos
- Species
- bipinnatus
- Category
- Flower
- Wikidata QID
- Q575748
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
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