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Cosmos atrosanguineus
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Cosmos atrosanguineus, the chocolate cosmos, is a species of Cosmos, native to Mexico. It has often been claimed that it is extinct in the wild; however it is truly abundant in Mexico. The species was introduced into cultivation in 1885, when the British seed company Thompson & Morgan first listed it in their seed catalogue. Its dark red to brownish red flowers have a scent resembling chocolate, which is one reason for its popularity as a cultivated plant.
- Family
- Asteraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Cosmos atrosanguineus
- Slug
- cosmos-atrosanguineus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cosmos
- Species
- atrosanguineus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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