Cosmos bipinnatus
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 35 records in 8 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (1); pink (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 87.5 mm (50-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.88 m (0.5-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 13 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 8 | 9 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 2 | 2 | B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |