1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Flowering Plants
Perennial
1.3 Origin
North America, Central America, South America, Middle Africa, Asia, Central Asia
Mediterranean, Western Asia
1.4 Types
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Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.7 Habitat
Subtropical climates, Tropical regions
Cultivated Beds
1.8 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.5 AHS Heat Zone
1.6 Sunset Zone
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.7 Habit
Clump-Forming
Upright/Erect
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
20.30 cm60.00 cm
0.54
3900
3.3.1 Minimum Width
20.30 cm25.40 cm
0.1
6350
4.2 Plant Color
4.2.1 Flower Color
Yellow, Red, Purple, Orange, Pink, Lavender, Ivory
White, Green, Light Pink
4.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
4.2.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Not Available
4.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
4.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
4.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
4.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Light Green
4.3 Shape
4.3.1 Leaf Shape
4.4 Thorns
5 Season
5.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Summer, Fall
5.2 Growing Conditions
5.2.1 Sunlight
5.2.2 Growth Rate
5.2.3 Type of Soil
5.2.4 The pH of Soil
5.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
5.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall, Late Fall
Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
5.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
5.3 Tolerances
6 Care
6.1 Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Container, Ground
6.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings, Transplanting
Seedlings
6.3 Plant Maintenance
6.4 Watering Plants
6.4.1 Watering Requirements
Over-watering can cause leaf problems or root diseases, Reduce watering during fall, Requires regular watering, Use and maintain water-efficient soaker hoses, Water Deeply
Do not water excessively
6.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
6.4.3 In Spring
6.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
6.5 Soil
6.5.1 Soil pH
6.5.2 Soil Type
6.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
6.6 Sun Exposure
6.7 Pruning
Prune ocassionally
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
6.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
6.9 Pests and Diseases
6.10 Plant Tolerance
7 Facts
7.1 Flowers
7.1.1 Flower Petal Number
7.2 Fruits
7.2.1 Showy Fruit
7.2.2 Edible Fruit
7.3 Fragrance
7.3.1 Fragrant Flower
7.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
7.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
7.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
7.4 Showy Foliage
7.5 Showy Bark
7.6 Foliage Texture
7.7 Foliage Sheen
7.8 Evergreen
7.9 Invasive
7.10 Self-Sowing
7.11 Attracts
7.12 Allergy
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8 Benefits
8.1 Uses
8.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
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Showy Purposes
8.1.2 Beauty Benefits
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8.1.3 Edible Uses
8.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
8.2 Plant Benefits
8.2.1 Medicinal Uses
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8.2.2 Part of Plant Used
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Flowers, Leaves
8.2.3 Other Uses
Used As Food
Used as Ornamental plant
8.3 Used As Indoor Plant
8.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
8.5 Garden Design
Not Available
Groundcover, Showy Tree
9 Scientific Name
9.1 Botanical Name
CELOSIA argentea
MOLUCCELLA
9.2 Common Name
9.2.1 In Hindi
9.2.2 In German
9.2.3 In French
9.2.4 In Spanish
9.2.5 In Greek
9.2.6 In Portuguese
9.2.7 In Polish
9.2.8 In Latin
10 Classification
10.1 Kingdom
10.2 Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
10.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
10.4 Order
10.5 Family
10.6 Genus
10.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
10.8 Tribe
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10.9 Subfamily
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10.10 Number of Species