Celosia argentea L. var. cristata (L.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. 2:541. 1891 (Syn: (≡) Celosia cristata L. (basionym)); .
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Date : 7.2.2010 Time : 3.30 p.m. Place: Dombivli Formerly recognised as var. cristata, but not now You are right. Dr.Almeida in his ‘Flora of Maharashtra’ Vol 4A has labelled this Celosia cristata [syn. C.argentea var.cristata / Cock’s comb] whereas Yadav & Sardesai in their ‘Flora of Kholapur District’ list it as C.argentea var. cristata [locally called Kombada]. Strangely GRIN does not seem to be agreeing with Kew Plant List. Although Kew Plant list treats this simply as synonym of C. argentea, GRIN (last updated in May, 2011) treats it as Celosia argentea var. cristata.
seed : Celosia argentea var. cristata from Hooghly: Species : Celosia argentea var. cristata Habit & Habitat : Garden herb Date : 14-04-2012, 1.10 p.m. Place : Hooghly, WB There seeds are from the same plant that i recorded earlier, in December, last year – http://groups.google.com/indiantreepix/dd I collected those seeds sometimes in February end or in early March and photographed very recently.
request for plant id…habitat-garden or pot…place-ambala cantt: Celosia cristata, cock’s comb Yes Celosia cristata there are many hybrids available in India to the nursery trade: yellow, reddish, brick red, even purplish… common in Bengal bedding rows…
Amaranth sp. for Id- 261211-NS2 – Flora of Madhya Pradesh: This herb was photographed at Betul, MP. it was a planted one. Plz Id. This is Celosia cristata (Cock’s Comb) from Amaranthaceae. Thanks … So it’s a spike type flower…?
You might have this beautiful plant in your garden. After a long gap I see it again with full bloom and want to share it with you. Date/Time- 21/12/2011 (10.37 A.M.) Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Gobra (Hooghly District), West Bengal (lat 22.696022N, long 88.279369E) Habitat- Garden Plant Habit- Herb Height/Length- 7 ft. approx. Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- simple, lanceolate Inflorescence Type/ Size- dense many-flowered spike Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- pink Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Capsule, Seeds (black) 1.25-1.5 mm Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- an ornamental plant without fragrance ID help from : Beautiful flowers. I grew once these plants and before flowering started my mother-in-law cut it very thinly thinking that it is the Laal maath (Amaranthus) which we use as vegetable. After all the cuttings she realised her mistake ! In the next time I was successful in having it produce flowers. I have posted the flowers once in eflora. As you say that the saplings of this one resemble the Amaranthus viridis or that of A. gangeticus. We call the latter as LAL-SHAK (shak = leafy vegetable) in Bengali.
Syn: Celosia argentea L. f. cristata (L.) Schinz; C. argentea var. cristata (L.) Kuntze. Common name: Cockscomb Cultivated annual herb with erect stems; leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate; flowers in often cocks comb-like terminal simple or branched spikes, red, yellow or orange in colour; bracts lanceolate, midvein produced into long point; utricle enclosed in persistent perianth. Commonly cultivated in gardens. Photographed from Kashmir and Delhi,
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: PKA9 : Celosia flowers from Mumbai: Celosia argentea var.cristata
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BS24: Celosia argentea L. var. cristata (L.) Kuntze From Panipat:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Celosia argentea var. cristata : Muscat : 100213 : AK-21: . Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Celosia argentea var. cristata : Muscat : 100213 : AK-18: Sharing picture of ornamental, cultivated Crested Cockscomb in a Golden yellow color from a garden here.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Celosia argentea var.cristata : Delhi : AK-33:
Crested Cockscomb from Munnar, Kerala. A cultivated, ornamental plant with pink flowers.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Celosia argentea var. cristata : Muscat : 100213 : AK-28:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:: UD 004:: Amaranth family 1 to ID: Celosia spicata I hope. Very good photographs. To me, the topmost inflorescence shows an hint of C. argentea var. cristata. What i understand about Celosia is that it has two forms, one with crested or feathery spike, it is called C. argentea var. cristata (C. cristata) and the other is without crest or feathery top, known as C. argentea var. spicata (C. spicata). So, i agree with … and would request … to correct me if my understanding is wrong. I too agree with …
Celosia argentea var. cristata with caution that the matter of identity has to be resolved in eFlora India group. In addition another document by Graf 1992 names it as Celosia cristata! Thanks … I thought one of them is cobscomb. Yes it is ‘Cockscomb” a popular ornamental in India which is cultivated variety of Celosia argentea known as Celosia argentea var. cristata. Celosia argentea.
Hooghly Today : might be Celosia cristata L. (of Bengal Plants) : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. Found this small Celosia in front yard.
Plant ID 050513-ASP2 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Please Id the plant in the photo taken from a garden in Sri Lanka . Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: MN-2: Celosia argentea cristata:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week : sk-06 : Celosia argentea L. var. cristata (L.) Kuntze: Yes … Very good photograph.
[efloraofindia:For Id 04022013MR3] Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: shrub with maroon flowers at Pune: It looks like cockscomb (Celosia cristata). Thank you … for the Id I searched for the images of Celosia cristata on net. In all the pictures I didn’t find any with coloured leaves. I have this plant at home with coloured leaves and exactly the same soaking pink flowers. I have just posted image of leaves here.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: DV12 :: 19 NOV 06 17:06:07 :: Celosia argentea var. cristata in garden of SGNP: 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 kris-TAY-tuh — crested … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: cockscomb • Bengali: মোরগফুল moragaphool • Hindi: लाल मुर्ग़ा lalmurga, मोरशिखा morshikha, murga-ka-phul • Manipuri: haolei • Marathi: मयूरशिख or मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, मयूरशिखर mayurashikhara, मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha • Sanskrit: मयुरचुडा mayurachuda, मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, sunishannaka • Tamil: சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavarcuttuppannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை kolikkontai, கோழிப்பூ kozhi poo • Telugu: మయూరశిఖి mayurasikhi Distribution: pantropical; cultivated worldwide References: Flowers of India • Dave’s Garden • Top Tropicals • Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai on 19 NOV 06 Very good upload.
Location : Kathmandu , Nepal Altitude: 4500 ft. Date: 14 January 2018 Habit : Cultivated Celosia argentea var. cristata (L.) Kuntze ?? Yes. To me also appear close to images at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a–-l/a/amaranthaceae/celosia/celosia-argentea-var-cristata Please help with Nepali name, if any, for Celosia cristata L. … synonym: Celosia argentea var. cristata (L.) Kuntze Please check my earlier reply in another mail and analyze and decide. सेतो चाँदे Seto Chaade / चोया फूल Choyaa Phool / चाँदे फूल Chaade Phool 1 attachment. OK. But what about the proper ID ? if you are meaning to ask about basis of Celosia argentea L. and Celosia cristata L. being treated as separate / distinct species, I am referring to the following:
Regards. I also feel there should be differences based on flowers. But according to POWO all are argentea and as per … we follow POWO. It is best that …, and all those familiar with Celosia spp. put forth their thoughts to resolve the distinction between Celosia argentea L. and Celosia cristata L. Celosia cristata can be separated from Celosia argentea both morphologically and genetically, as mentioned in this paper. However POWO will not put them separated because Celosia cristata is not a wild species, and you cannot define a distribution for it, which POWO always has on every species page. So it is up to you if you want to treat them as separate or not.
ID please : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- around 850 kb each. on the road to Kumily (Periyar, Kerala), january 2019. Celosia cristata ?? Celosia argentea var. cristata Is not Celosia argentea L. accepted name and others syn ? No. Not as per Catalogue of Life. . Amaranth/Celosia : 8 images. Dimapur Nagaland Kindly confirm the species Celosia cristata L. ! Yes, you’re … . 
. Swamy/New series/ID/98 -Celosia argentea var. cristata: 5 images. Yes . Malayalam name for Celosia cristata L.: Many many thanks … for this apt Malayalam name. I will add it to the compilation shortly. . Names of Plants in India :: Celosia cristata L.: 1 image. se-LO-see-uh or kay-LO-see-uh — from the Greek kelos (dry, burnt) – referring to its color … Dave’s Botanary kris-TAY-tuh — crested … Dave’s Botanarycommonly known as: crested cockscomb • Assamese: কুকুৰা জবা kukur joba • Dimasa: khimsa-gajau • Dogri: मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga • Garo: dogingmat • Gujarati: લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, મોરશીખા morshikha • Hindi: जटाधारी jata-dhari, लाल मुर्गा lal murga, लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, फलिनी phalini • Kannada: ದೀಪಕ deepaka • Kashmiri: मवल mawal • Konkani: वेलूड velud • Malayalam: ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha adakkaamaniyan • Manipuri: ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei • Marathi: मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha • Odia: ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, ସୁରଭି surabhi • Punjabi: ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros • Rabha: sore-kukum, to-kukung • Sanskrit: बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya, दीप्यक dipyaka, कारवी karavi, खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, प्रियतम priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर vahnishikhara • Tamil: சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu • Telugu: ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru • Tibetan: བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze • Urdu: جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, پهلني phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurusbotanical names: Celosia cristata L. … synonyms: Celosia argentea var. cristata (L.) Kuntze … Robertson, K.R. (2003) Celosia L. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.) Flora of North America north of Mexico 4. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, pp. 406–407. Accessed [11:54 24-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)] • Iamonico, Duilio. (2013). About the circumscription of Celosia argentea (Amaranthaceae) and the related Linnaean taxa. Phytotaxa. 90. 61-64. 10.11646/phytotaxa.90.1.3. Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India crested cockscomb
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya কুকুৰা জবা kukur joba
~~~~~ DIMASA ~~~~~ written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin … spoken in: Assam, Nagaland … other names for this language: Hill Kachari khimsa-gajau
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~ written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok’birim … spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam dogingmat
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, મોરશીખા morshikha
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand लाल मुर्गा lal murga, मोरशिखा morshikha
जटाधारी jata-dhari, लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, फलिनी phalini
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka ದೀಪಕ deepaka
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), … spoken in: Kashmir … other names for this language: Koshur मवल mawal
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat वेलूड velud
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha adakkaamaniyan
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese … spoken in: Manipur … other names for this language: Meetei ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha (or मयूरशिखा mayurashikha)
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, ସୁରଭି surabhi
ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) … spoken in: Punjab ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali, English … spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya sore-kukum, to-kukung
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya (or दीप्यक dipyaka), कारवी karavi, खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, प्रियतम priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर vahnishikhara
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ written in: Tibetan … spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ written in: Urdu (اردو) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, پهلني phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurus
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ known only in cultivation, or as an escape from cultivation
Celosia
~~~~~ Created on: 11:59 24-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:35 24-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/11/celosia-cristata-l.html I don’t know the mentioned Malayalam names are exact names of this plant, however the Malayalam and English spellings are correct. Both the names: ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha adakkaamaniyan are listed for the Celosia species: argentea as well as cristata at FRLHT’s ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants. I will remove them from the compilation, if you think they are not appropriate. I am going to add one apt name suggested by Dr Girish Kumar ji … കോഴിപ്പൂവ് kozhipoovu. Yes, കോഴിപ്പൂവ് kozhipoovu is an appropriate name, very close to the head of a rooster (here kozhi means rooster) I find some confusion about argentea and cristata, however flowers look different. POWO kept all in one sps. under argentia but other databases have some differences. Yes, …, the flowers definitely look different. Celosia cristata is known to be a horticultural species; that is – it is only cultivated as an ornamental, sometimes escaping from cultivation to nearby Malayalam names (two removed, one added), Nepali names added … commonly known as: crested cockscomb • Assamese: কুকুৰা জবা kukur joba • Dimasa: khimsa-gajau • Dogri: मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga • Garo: dogingmat • Gujarati: લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, મોરશીખા morshikha • Hindi: जटाधारी jata-dhari, लाल मुर्गा lal murga, लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, फलिनी phalini • Kannada: ದೀಪಕ deepaka • Kashmiri: मवल mawal • Konkani: वेलूड velud • Malayalam: കോഴിപ്പൂവ് kozhipoovu • Manipuri: ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei • Marathi: मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha • Nepali: चाँदे फूल chaande phool, चोया फूल choyaa phool, सेतो चाँदे seto chaande • Odia: ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, ସୁରଭି surabhi • Punjabi: ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros • Rabha: sore-kukum, to-kukung • Sanskrit: बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya, दीप्यक dipyaka, कारवी karavi, खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, प्रियतम priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर vahnishikhara • Tamil: சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu • Telugu: ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru • Tibetan: བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze • Urdu: جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, پهلني phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurus
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Celosia argentea var. cristata
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