Cosmos bipinnatus

• Botanical Name : Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
• Common Name : Mexican Aster, Surangi
• Plant Family : Asteraceae (Compositae)

• According to the Rules of ICBN the names of the families should end in -aceae. Thus the new name for the family Compositae became Asteraceae. However, the name Compositae is also exempted and conserved under 'Nomina Conservanda' because of their constant use for a long time.

• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 2, 10, 28
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation

About Cosmos bipinnatus Plant :

• Habit : A large, much branched common glabrous or somewhat pubescent annual herb.
• Leaves :
  • Fine feathery foliage.
  • Leaves are 2-4 inches long, opposite bipinnately cut into remote linear to filiform entire lobes.
• Inflorescence : Solitary
• Flower :
  • Large, showy, wide-open, long peduncled, solitary heads having 8 ray florets of different coloursfrom white, pink to crimson.
  • Ray florets are truncate or somewhat toothed and the disc florets are all yellow.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : December-January
• Significance : It is one of the most popular rainy season annuals used for decoration.