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Celosia trigyna
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lestibudesia trigyna, Celosia adoensis, Celosia triloba, Oplotheca decumbens, Achyranthes paniculata, Lophoxera caudata
species of plant
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAmaranthaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo
Observations recorded4,784
Herbs, annual. Stems erect or straggling, 0.5-1 m, glabrous. Leaves: petiole elongate, to 6 cm; blade unlobed, lanceolate or ovate, to 3-11 × 1-6 cm, base tapering, apex acuminate. Inflorescences interrupted, lax spikelike panicles, units less than 10 mm diam. Flowers: tepals silvery, whitish, or tannish, 1-veined, ovate, 2-3 mm, membranous, margins faintly erose, apex rounded-acute; style 0.2 mm; stigmas 3. Utricles 3-3.5 mm. Seeds 4-8, 0.7-1 mm diam., faintly reticulate. 2n = 18.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,127
- With media
- 1,088
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Collections
- RSA, NY, ANSP, CM, US, VSC
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, United States, Madagascar, Malawi, Sudan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Celosia
- Image
- Celosia trigyna.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
Show 8 more facts
- taxon name
- Celosia trigyna
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- woolflower
- Commons category
- Celosia trigyna
- short name
- C. trigyna
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
- taxon range
- Gabon
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