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Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.

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Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Cav.
Cav.
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Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
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Cosmos bipinnatus

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bipinnatus

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Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.

Erect annual, (15)-30-110 cm tall. Stems moderately to densely clothed in short hairs, becoming glabrous below, striate, much-branched above to form infl. Lvs shortly petiolate or subsessile, ovate-triangular, (1)-2-pinnate, (2)-3-12 cm long; leaflets glabrous or sparsely clothed in short hairs and ciliolate, usually linear, rarely narrow-lanceolate, 5-30 mm long. Upper cauline lvs becoming smaller and apetiolate. Capitula (25)-45-90 mm diam., in loose cymes; peduncles glabrous or sparsely hairy. Outer involucral bracts foliaceous, glabrous, green with darker lines, ovate-oblong with extended acuminate apex; inner bracts membranous, pale green to brown with dark lined centre and pale margins, ovate-triangular, obtuse to acute. Receptacular scales membranous, acuminate. Ray florets (4)-7-9; ligules pale to deep mauve-pink, pink or white. Disc florets numerous, yellow. Achenes (3)-4-angled, fusiform with attenuated beak, brown, glabrous except for short antrorse hairs toward apex, 5-12 mm long; pappus 0.

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Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.

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Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Tonga

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a34926cb-63c0-46dc-b85a-8ff7e2b05f7c
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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