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Celosia argentea

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Celosia argentea L.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Celosia argentea var. cristata (L.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Celosia aristata F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Celosia cristata L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ptilotus sp. Kuri Bay (P.R.Foulkes 278) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (13), Stephens_2023 (1), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (25). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 83 records in 13 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.68 mm (3.5-4.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): utricle (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 83 mm (12-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.62 mm (2-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.85 cm (0.2-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); falcate (1); lanceolate (2); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (1); herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_1; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); erect (3); rhizomatous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2]
  • pollination_system (categorical): insect (1); wind (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1.1-1.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.4 m (1.2-1.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212225J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
ABRS_20231723Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231113D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_144Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
WAH_2023_111Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.