Celosia

Celosia argentea

  • Celosia
  • Celosia
  • Flower name
    Celosia
  • Scientific name
    Celosia argentea
  • Aliasカラアイ, 唐藍, 野鶏頭, Celosia, Silver cock's comb, ノゲイトウ
  • Place of originIndia
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Cut flowers, flower arrangement
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August, September, October

What is Celosia

Celosia(scientific name:Celosia argentea), is annual grass of the amaranthaceae family native to India. It is said the thing which became the wild grassl of the cockscomb and the gardening kind. Because it is raised in India, Ii is strong in drying, but is poor at cold and moisture. It makes bloom flowers towards the upper from the lower of the candle-formed column-shaped flower stalk to early fall from summer. A cylinder shaped candles in early autumn, summer flowers bloom upwards from the bottom of the rachis. The flower varies from pink or red to silver.

Generic name: Celosia
Scientific name:Celosia argentea,
aka:Celosia, Silver cock's comb, Calais (Tang Indigo),
Origin: India, height: 20-80 cm stem: upright, leaf: narrow egg-shaped and lanceolate, leaf arrangement: alternate, bisexual flowers, flowers high: 10-15 cm, whether or not variables: 5, ovary top, flower diameter:0.7~1.0cm, flower color: pink, red, white, flowering time: July-October, fruit types: holding of the Fruit shape: spherical


  • Order
    Caryophyllales
  • Family
    Amaranthaceae
  • Genus
    Celosia spp.
  • Species
    Noga TU
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeA year of grass
  • Flower colorsPink
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height20.0 ~ 80.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.7 ~ 1.0 cm

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