Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.

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The New York Botanical Garden and
University of the Free State
NYBG / MRL Floristic & Phytochemical Survey
Asteraceae
Cosmos bipinnata CaV.
determined by, J. Venter: 2001
Annual herb of 1.5 m high. Leaves bipinnately compound, leaflets finely filiform and
margins dentate. Inflorescence a capitulum with petals of ray florets white to pink to
maroon, disc florets yellow. Fruit an achene..
South Africa, Free State, Ladybrand. Pine kloof along Ladybrand-Tweespruit road:
29°12S, 27°25'E. elev: 1600 m
Grassland with Cymbopogon, Digitaria and Themeda. Plateau with gentle soutehm
slope, well-drained soil, loam of dolerite-shale. Full sun. Roadside. Abundant and
introduced exotic..
N,V.: Kosmos [Afrikaans]
Cosmos [English]
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Phytochemical Sample Codes:
JV 9646 (JV-74)
J. Venter 9646 with A. Venter
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