Celosia

Family Amaranthaceae. Name: is derived from the Greek word 'kelcos' - burning, flaming and is related to the coloration of the leaves and flowers.

Description: the genus includes up to 60 species native to southern China, eastern India, Africa and the Americas.

Perennial or mostly annual herbaceous plants with erect, succulent, ribbed stems of green color, often with a red tint, 30-70 cm tall. Leaves alternate, entire, petiolate, smooth, ovate with an acute tip, green, variegated or dark purple. Flowers small, bisexual, with brightly colored membranous bracts, gathered in large, distinctive crested or paniculate inflorescences. Fruit - a rounded capsule. Seeds rounded, shiny, black. About 700-800 per gram, retaining viability for up to 5 years.

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