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Cosmos (flower)

Cosmos

Cosmos "Cosmic Orange"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
GeneraCosmos
Species
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Cosmos bipinnatus
Cosmos sulphureus
et al

Cosmos is a genus of about twenty species of annual and perennial plants of the Asteraceae family, including the garden flowers Cosmos bipinnatus (also known as "Mexican Aster") and Cosmos sulphureus ("Yellow Cosmos").

They are native to scrub and meadow areas of the southern United States and Central America.

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