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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Coreopsis and Allies
  8. Cosmoses

genus

Cosmoses

Cosmos

Traits
Includes
1 native 2 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Garden Cosmos introduced
  • Yellow Cosmos introduced
  • King's Salad present
  • Southwestern Cosmos native
  • Cosmos diversifolius
  • Cosmos crithmifolius
  • Chocolate Cosmos present
  • Cosmos scabiosoides
  • Cosmos landii
  • Cosmos concolor

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native cosmoses All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Southwestern Cosmos Cosmos parviflorus caterpillars 2 bees 2 food 2 flowers 39

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