PLANTS Profile for Cosmos sulphureus (sulphur cosmos)

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PLANTS Profile

Cosmos sulphureus Cav.
sulphur cosmos

Symbol:

COSU5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Peru. Usage Requirements.

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Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

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Distribution:
Cosmos sulphureus Cav.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, LA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 4 species in Cosmos

Classification:
Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Cosmos Cav. – cosmos
Species	Cosmos sulphureus Cav. – sulphur cosmos

U.S. Weed Information:
Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

cosmos

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37165.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 09:05 AM MDT