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Each value Trefle shows for Celosia argentea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Source not recorded8 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 205 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Silver cock's comb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	40 cm	40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 60, 500, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 350, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 350 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 350	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	spike · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded spike · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	135 cm	135 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 60, 500, 882, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced

Celosia argentea L., 1753 20% complete

Silver cock's comb

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