Herbs, annual. Stems erect or straggling, 0.5–1 m, glabrous. Leaves: petiole elongate, to 6 cm; blade unlobed, lanceolate or ovate, to 3–11 × 1–6 cm, base tapering, apex acuminate. Inflorescences interrupted, lax spikelike panicles, units less than 10 mm diam. Flowers: tepals silvery, whitish, or tannish, 1-veined, ovate, 2–3 mm, membranous, margins faintly erose, apex rounded-acute; style 0.2 mm; stigmas 3. Utricles 3–3.5 mm. Seeds 4–8, 0.7–1 mm diam., faintly reticulate. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering winter.
Habitat: Edges of orange groves, wet woods
Elevation: 0-10 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., Africa.

Discussion

According to R. P. Wunderlin (1979), Celosia trigyna is an occasional weed introduced from tropical Africa.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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