Cosmos bipinnatus Cav., 1791 35% complete

Garden cosmos

Icon. 1: 10 (1791)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cosmos bipinnatus, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Cav. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Icon. 1: 10 (1791) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1791 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Garden cosmos No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Aster family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Mexico No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 97 cm
  • 96.65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 251, 500, 574, 882, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte Sourced
Flower color white, red, magenta
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded magenta, red, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
1 earlier or rejected value
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
1 earlier or rejected value
Not on the record
Maximum height empty
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 251, 500, 574, 882, 918
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 460, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)
  • 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced