Celosia argentea L.

English: Silver Cockscomb

German: Silber-Brandschopf

Mandarin: 青葙 (qing xiang)

Portuguese: Crista-de-galo

Kingdom: Plantae (2653)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2566)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2162)

      Order: Caryophyllales (112)

        Family: Amaranthaceae (17)(family description)

          Genus: Celosia (1)

            Epithet: argentea L. (2)

argentea => silvery

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet, pink, red, orange, yellow, white

Check for Celosia argentea at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [212] Celosia argentea - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
• [1414] Celosia argentea - Plants For A Future
• [1584] Celosia argentea - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.