Celosia argentea L. var. argentea (Comment from GRIN: cultivated forms include C. argentea Spicata Group) ;
silver-spiked cockscomb, plumed cockscomb, kombada, Silver Cockscomb, Flamingo Feathers, Wheat Celosia • Marathi: कुरडू Kurdu; se-LO-see-uh or kay-LO-see-uh -- from the Greek kelos (dry, burnt) - referring to its color ... Dave's Botanary ar-JEN-tee-uh -- silvery ... Dave's Botanary Distribution: pantropical This species seems to be the same as in the post - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/Ki1bAafzgGo/discussion. The post informs the species is Celosia argentea var. spicata, the current accepted name of which is Celosia spicata Spreng. This is a wild herb growing on roadside in Hooghly, recorded yesterday (25/10/12). Yes ..., very common as a weed. May sometimes be confused with Gomphrena globosa but has alternate leaves (opposite in Gomphrena).
sharing picture of Celosia argentea var. spicata: Sharing picture of Celosia argentea var. spicata, taken at my farmhouse in Mulshi,Pune. Request confirmation Good picture indeed. This is the inflorescence. Just search for the small individual flower inside this cock's comb. You will find small stamens and anthers too. Attaching one of my images showing the individual flower. Beautiful pictures from both the ... Yes Celosia argentea var spicata, very good pictures and the closeup in particular.
Celosia spicata I hope
Agreed there is a lot of confusion in names under Celosia, but would it be right to call it as C. spicata? I think you are right ... As you mentioned, it is unclear if it has to be treated at variety level (ref. many databases), specific level (TPL) or as synonym under C. argentea (s.l.). But I support giving it (and other taxa such as plumosa and cristata) a status (preferably at varietal level) instead clubbing all under C. argentea, in order to understand the level of 'distinct' variations/forms.
The flowers are bearing lovely colours to attract the sunbird possibly in eclipsed plumage.
Both pictures are taken in Maharashtra. location:mulshi,pune plant habit: shrub I suppose height: about3 ft.
date/time:jan11 location:mulshi,pune habitat:wild plant habit:-- height:about 2 ft. I hope Celosia argentea I thought of Polygonaceae!! Though inflorescence looks to me of Celosia argentea, the braching pattern is puzzling. I don't see as ochrea of Polygonaceae. Celosia argentia- a member of Amaranthaceae. No confusion and this species is found everywhere in and around the agriculture field in our areas. It is Celosia argentea (not argentia).
efloraindia: 160911 BRS 22: Pl. find the attached file contain a photo of grass for id.
Date/Time-Location: August,2011
Place, Altitude, GPS- Codisia Road, Coimbatore, Near Air Port Habitat- Urban Plant Habit- Grass like Flowers Size/ Colour: white/pink. This is Celosia argentea of Amaranthaceae (not a grass). Tamil names: Pannai keerai, Chunnaambu keerai Celosia argentea for me too Celosia argentea var. spicata I think. http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Silver%20Cockscomb.html
Family : Amaranthaceae Flowers with pollinators Mahabaleshwar Oct 2011 Attaching one more photo from Archive
These are some of my recent photographs. My previous photographs are available at this link :
https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/ca... lacaly called silver grass
Plant for ID : 30/11/2011 SMP3 Sinhagad: A herb observed on Sinhagad fort 25th Nov 2011. Overall the flowers were fairly similar to Celosia argentia but the spikes were much much smaller. The leaves are green bigger. There were other Celosia argentia plants not very close but nearby which had larger spikes and mostly leafless as against this plant with globular inflorescence. The inflorescence looks like Celosia argentea, but the leaves in the second pic point to a different plant. I may be wrong but to me there seems a mix up. Yes ... is correct. Leaves in second photograph and most in first and third belong to a different species. You seem to be correct. On carefully observing the spikes of Celosia appear to be emerging through other plants
Found widely growing in many places around farms and fields very beautiful pictures ..., esp the one with the insect :) TFS
Place : Kasara, near Mumbai Date : March 2010 Habitat : wild Others : favorite of butterflies Beautiful photograph along with butterfly.
Nice photograph ... Perhaps we will have to explore further to fix its identity.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BS18: Celosia sp for id from Shimla: Celosia sp for id from Shimla same as posted by ... from same place in shimla tentatively id as C spicata Still doubtful about it
Celosia argentea var.spicata se-LO-see-uh or kay-LO-see-uh -- from the Greek kelos (dry, burnt) - referring to its color ... Dave's Botanary ar-JEN-tee-uh -- silvery ... Dave's Botanary spi-KAH-tuh or spy-KAY-tuh -- grows ears (like corn), in spikes ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: wheatstraw celosia • Marathi: कुरडू kurdu Distribution: pantropical References: Flowers of India • Dave's Garden • Top Tropicals at Vaghbil, Thane on 25 DEC 06 Do we take it as Celosia spicata Spreng? Celosia argentea var. spicata does not seem to have been published. Many thanks ... I was not sure whether to go ahead putting this var. spicata ... could not find it at GRIN or the Plants List.Not aware of any variety spicata. It is just Celosia argentea in BSI Flora Mah. Many thanks to all for appreciation. Agreed ..., this must be Celosia argentea L.
This is Celosia spicata Spreng. found on roadside. Yes Surajit ji Very good photographs it is celosia argentia "Bengal Plants" describes :- (i) Flowers white, glistening, .35 in. long or larger ---------- argentea (ii) Flowers pink, rose or yellow, .25 in. long or smaller ------- cristata Celosia argentea L. - In all provinces, cultivated and as an escape. An erect annual, 1-3 feet high. Celosia cristata L. - In all provinces, cultivated; occasionally as an escape. An erect annual, 2-3 feet high. "Flora of British India" describes :- Celosia argentea L. - Annual, glabrous...... flowers white, glistening...... The top of the spikes sometimes branches out in a cock's comb form. "Flora Indica" doesn't help much :-
None of the above descriptions indicates that C. argentea L. can be pink (white+pink) too. But, according to :-
Googling for Celosia argentea results :-
Googling for Celosia spicata reults :- kindly go through this link http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2707791 "The Plant List" link, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2707791, lists a number of synonyms for Celosia argentea L. and two of those synonyms are Celosia cristata L. and Celosia argentea var. cristata (L.) Kuntze. Similarly,
Google image search for the following taxa results :- Maximum number of images in the above search lead to flowers which are similar to ornamental varieties of cockscomb, having a distinct crest on the top of the flowers. On the other hand search result for Celosia spicata - yields maximum number of images similar to those in this thread and it was also identified in my earlier post of similar looking plant - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/yMoF0vgyp-4/discussion. I admit i was wrong, it is Celosia argentea L.
Difference between Celosia spicata & celosia argentea: There seems to be a lot of confusion between Celosia spicata & Celosia argentea during the Amaranthaceae Week in different threads. This appears to be same in efi site as well. To sort out the issue, I think we need to first find out the difference between the two. Experts may pl. help in sorting out the issue. Efi pages for both are given below: After going through the discussions in various threads in our group i find that what i am vehemently supporting as Celosia spicata Spreng actually is C. argentea L. ! ... also drew my notice, in the thread at - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/y9hdl9jZ0Tc/discussion. FoC validates the above - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105991. FoP itself seems to be confused -
Let's see herbaria in Linnaeus Server :-
Thank you Thanks, ..., I also think that we should treat Celosia spicata Spreng under C. argentea in efi site otherwise there is a lot of confusion! Experts may confirm pl. As per the Karthikeyan et al 2009 (Flowering Plants of India) Celosia genus has three naturally occurring species in India. These are C.argentea (with two varieties, namely, C.argentea var. argentea and C.argentea var. cristata), C.polygonoides (restricted to S.India) and C.pulchella (restricted to SW Ghats Nilgiris). However, it does not mention introduced ornamental varieties. Graf 1992 (Hortica) has mentioned 'cockscomb' as a separate species C.cristata. However, Bailey 1949 in his classic 'Manual of Cultivated Plants' has mentioned C.argentea as a weed of tropical (Asian) origin with two cultivated forms- 1) very like the wild plants with long narrow silvery spikes (C.argentea var. argentea) and 2) most of the improved domesticated races, 'cockscomb' (C.argentea var. cristata).
The links of Celosia pages in the Flora of British India -
At least four species in these images -
why??? An unused field surrounded by other cultivation like Sesamum indicum, Amaranthus gangeticus and other crops!!! Isn't it interesting? very interesting... ... weeds in an overly fertilized after the main crop fallow field...may be? too much food in the soil... I wish the farmer had planted some soil nutrition enriching nitrogen-fixing bacterial hosts like some legumes... To recover soil fertility they do plant legumes, DHONCHE (Sesbania) how often and how widespread is the practice... This is an annual practice and by this time some already have started growing them. The plants are now about 3 to 4 ft tall. any pics? No, ..., haven't recorded any, for those plants are yet to flower. Attaching old pics. Please ID this small herb with white flowers on long spikes. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Oct 2012. Celosia argentea of Amaranthaceae. Yes the shots are quite distant but the possibility of Celosia argentea is high. The plant had grown to a height of about 1 metre. The elevation of the place is about 200 metres. I have attached a crops of the flower. Please let me know which flower it could be. Celosia argentea 'spicata' Very good picture. It is an inflorescence of Celosia argentea' spicata' I can see some tiny open flowers in lower part showing stamens etc.I hope attached images are Celosia argentea L growing with Alternanthera ficoidea in Railway tract. Please validate. Date :21.10.2013 Location: Kamrup district (Metro), Assam Family : Amaranthaceae Genus & species : Celosia argentea L Habitat: Grows wild on Railway tract. Habit : Herb Celosia argentea var. spicata Good photographs Yes, this one is flowering these days, thanks ...
Celosia argentea var. spicata from Sodhapur Panipat Wild large herb growing wildly near bank of Western Yamuna Canal I could not Celosia argentea var. spicata either at The Plant List or GRIN as per the following links: Although links were available for Celosia spicata as below: May I request to pl. clarify this. Celosia spicata Spreng. according to The Plant List and also Hortus Third should be taken correct.
Celosia argentea L. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)- around 500 kb each. Location: Kowloon Park, Hong Kong Date: 16 August 2018 Elevation:125 ft. Habit : Cultivated Nepali Names : चाँदे फूल Chaande Phool / सहस्त्रजरी Sahastrajaree / सरवरी साग Sarawaree Saag / सेतो चाँदे Seto Chaande / चोया फूल Choya Phool / सिरौला Siraulaa / भाले सिरु Bhaale Siru
090619AB2 ID - Celosia argentea var spicata? : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Identification, please. Celosia argentea var spicata? Date/Time- November 2, 2017; 09:32 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Eastern Melghat; 21°18.074' N, 77°23.278' E Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb Height/Length- 2-4' Height Inflorescence/Flower- White-Pink colour, 3-4 cm long, sometimes longer. Seems correct. Celosia argentea L. var. argentea (Comment from GRIN: cultivated forms include C. argentea Spicata Group)
CELOSIA ARGENTEA : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Celosia argentea, My compliments. Attachments (4)
SK 2384 13 January 2020 : 7 posts by 3 authors. 3 images- 7 mb each. Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: 07 December 2019 Elevation: MSL Habitat: Cultivated Celosia argentea L. ?? Yes sir ! Whether C. a. spicata or C. a. plumosa is the question ! I guess it is not plumosa ! Celosia argentea L. var. argentea (Comment from GRIN: cultivated forms include C. argentea Spicata Group) as per comparative images at Celosia
Request For ID Bilikere o1 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 mb. PFA Image Location:- Bilikere 22/1/2020 Habitat:-Cultivated Celosia argentea, Amaranthaceae, References: |
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