Cosmos sulphureus Cav.
Family Compositae
- Common name: Yellow Cosmos, Sulphur Cosmos
- Chinese: 硫華菊
- Finnish: Keltakosmos
- Japanese: キバナコスモス
- Korean: 노랑코스모스
- Malayalam: മാങ്ങാനാറി
- Persian: گل ستارهای
- Russian: kosmos želtyj, космос желтый
- Swedish: gullskära
- Thai: ดาวกระจาย
- Vietnamese: Cúc_vạn_thọ_tây_vàng
Synonyms: Bidens artemisiifolia (Jacq.) Kuntze, Bidens artemisiifolia f. grandiflora Kuntze, Bidens artemisiifolia subsp. intermedia Kuntze, Bidens artemisiifolia f. parviflora Kuntze, Bidens artemisiifolia f. rubra Kuntze, Bidens artemisiifolia var. rubra Kuntze, Bidens sulfurea (Cav.) Sch.Bip., Bidens sulphurea (Cav.) Sch.Bip., Bidens sulphureus (Cav.) Sch.Bip., Coreopsis artemisiaefolia Jacq., Coreopsis artemisifolia Sessé & Moc., Coreopsis artemisiifolia Jacq., Cosmea sulphurea (Cav.) Willd., Cosmos artemisiifolius (Jacq.) M.R.Almeida, Cosmos aurantiacus Klatt, Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus Sherff, Cosmos sulphureus var. hirsuticaulis Sherff, Cosmos sulphureus f. sulphureus, Cosmos sulphureus var. sulphureus
Description: Plants 30–200 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose to hispid. Leaves: petioles 1–7 cm; blades 5–12(–25) cm, ultimate lobes 2–5 mm wide, margins sparsely spinulose-ciliate, apices apiculate. Peduncles 10–20 cm. Calyculi of spreading-ascending, linear-subulate bractlets 5–7(–10) mm, apices acute; Involucres 6–10 mm diam. Phyllaries erect, oblong-lanceolate, 9–13(–18) mm, apices acute to rounded-obtuse. Ray corollas intensely yellow to red-orange, laminae obovate, 18–30 mm, apices ± truncate, denticulate. Disc corollas 6–7 mm. Cypselae 15–30 mm, usually hispidulous, rarely glabrous; pappi 0, or of 2–3 widely divergent awns 1–7 mm. 2n = 24, 48.
Antibacterial, antifungal, antiinflammatory, for gastric ulcer, liver inflammation, arthritis. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
43 Published articles of Cosmos sulphureus
