Celosia argentea var. plumosa

Celosia argentea L. var. plumosa Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1:864. 1895 (syn. (≡) Celosia plumosa (Voss) Burv.);
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Images by Surajit Koley, Balkar Singh & (Usha Desai – identified by Gurcharan Singh), (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)

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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
plum-OH-suh — plume or feather … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: plumed cockscomb, plume plant • Hindi: लाल मुर्ग़ा lalmurga • Manipuri: haolei • Tamil: கோழிப்பூ kozhi poo
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Distribution: only cultivated
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The commonest garden cultivar with branched pulose spikes usually red or yellow in colour. The plant may be confused with Amaranthus with coloured inflorescence, but genus Celosia is easily separated by many seeded dehiscent fruit as against single-seeded in Amaranthus.  .

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Celosia argentea L. var.plumosa Voss

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
plum-OH-suh — plume or feather … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: plumed cockscomb, plume plant • Hindi: लाल मुर्ग़ा lalmurga • Manipuri: haolei • Tamil: கோழிப்பூ kozhi poo
Distribution: only cultivated
References: Flowers of India • Dave’s Garden • Top Tropicals • Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN
in a garden of Majiwada, Thane on 30 DEC 06

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Beautiful set of pictures.

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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:: UD 005:: Amaranth family 2 to ID:
These plants are a showy lot
Red orange almost scarlet flowerstalks on bronzy leaves
These are a yearly phenomenon in the Hort flower show for the end of season time… usually in February… these pictures are from the times past
ID and a key if possible

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Celosia argentea var. plumosa
Very good photographs

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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:: UD 006:: Amaranth family 3 to ID:
Here is another Amaramth family that needs a name… It looked very decorative in a border, in a private garden by the Hooghly river this winter.

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Another colour of Celosia argentea var. plumosa

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so leaf color is different (from the previous case) but the other features remain the same? hence the same binomial?

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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: MN3 :: Celosia plumosa:
Sending photos of Celosia plumosa
Place : Victoria Gardens, Byculla, Mumbai
Date : February 2008
Habitat : Cultivated

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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BS13: Celosia argentea var. plumosa from Calicut University Kerala:
Celosia argentea var. plumosa from Calicut University Kerala
Pls Validate

Excellent photographs. Thanks …

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Celosia argentea var. plumosa from Byculla-MN140212 Family: Amaranthaceae (amaranth family):
Celosia argentea var. plumosa from an exhibition at Byculla, Mumbai.
Family: Amaranthaceae (amaranth family)
Date : March 2009
Habitat : Cultivated

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Celosia Plumosa colourfull leaves:
Though Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week is over, in another thread … has this question about coloured leaves of Cockscomb. I have these images so just wanted to share colourfull glory.

Place: Mumbai – Home.
Family: Amaranthaceae

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Jan2015sk02 – Celosia argentea L. (plumosa group) (cultivar1) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)
This 1 ft herb was selling at Rs. 10/- each, and i bought two varieties. Wanted to record flower detail, but couldn’t manage those small flowers!

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Jan2015sk03 – Celosia argentea L. (plumosa group) (cultivar2) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
This is another variety.

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Re: Amaranthus species : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images.

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Pl. check Celosia argentea var. plumosa

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Celosia – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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References:

GRIN  The Plant List  Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  Flowers of India  Dave’s Garden  Top Tropicals  Wikipedia  Annual Flowers  Flickr search