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Cosmos atrosanguineus

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Tribe
  
Heliantheae

Scientific name
  
Cosmos atrosanguineus

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Cosmos

Higher classification
  
Cosmos

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Similar
  
Cosmos, Berlandiera lyrata, Daisy family, Cosmos sulphureus, Cosmos bipinnatus

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Cosmos atrosanguineus, the chocolate cosmos, is a species of Cosmos, native to Mexico, where it is extinct in the wild. The species was introduced into cultivation in 1902, where it survives as a single clone reproduced by vegetative propagation.

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Cosmos atrosanguineus is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 40–60 cm tall, with a fleshy tuberous root. The leaves are 7–15 cm long, pinnate, with leaflets 2–5 cm long. The flowers are produced in a capitulum 3-4.5 cm diameter, dark red to maroon-dark brown, with a ring of six to ten (usually eight) broad ray florets and a center of disc florets; they have a light vanillin fragrance (like many chocolates), which becomes more noticeable as the summer day wears on.

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Cultivation and uses

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The single surviving clone is a popular ornamental plant, grown for its rich dark red-brown flowers. It is not self-fertile, so no viable seeds are produced, and the plant has to be propagated by division of the tubers, or by tissue culture.

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It requires partial sun or full sun, and flowers from mid to late summer. It is frost-sensitive (Zones 6-11); in temperate zones, the tuber has to be dug up and stored in a frost-free store over the winter.

References

Cosmos atrosanguineus Wikipedia