| Scientific Name: | Celosia argentea ( syn. C. cristata ) |
| Common Name: | cockscomb, plumed celosia |
| Family Name: | Amaranthaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Spike, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Dark-red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most blades ovate-lanceolate, 6-15cm long x 1-8cm wide; florets very small, densely packed, and bloom profusely throughout summer to fall in a feathery or in a brain coral-like inflorescence. | |