Cosmos sulphureus Cav.
മാങ്ങാനാറി
| Family: | ASTERACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Sulphur Cosmos | ||||
| Synonym: | Bidens sulphurea (Cav.)Sch.-Bip. | ||||
| Common Name: | Not available | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | February-November | ||||
| Distribution: | Native of North America and Africa, introuduced as a garden plant | ||||
| Habitat: | Cultivated as ornamental, also runs wild | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Herbs, erect, annual. Leaves 2-3 pinnatisect. Involucral bracts in 2 series; outer herbaceous; inner membranous, scarious, narrow but broader and longer than the outer bracts. Ray florets few; corolla yellow-orange, obovate, 2-3 denticulate, sparingly pilose. Ovary not fertile. Disc florets many; corolla tubular-cylindrical; apical lobes narrowly obtuse, ciliate on the innerside. anthers yellow; filament flattened, densely ciliate. Ovary slightly expanded basally. Style branches yellow, pilose. Achenes black. | ||||