About Garden Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos, Mexican aster or cosmea, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cosmos bipinnatus
- Genus
- Cosmos
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Central and South America
- Distribution
- Cultivated
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- কসমস
- Kannada
- ಕಾಸ್ಮಾಸ್
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Garden Cosmos belongs to the Asteraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the ASTERACEAE family →Snap it. Know it.
Point your camera at garden cosmos or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.