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Yellow Cosmos

Cosmos Sulphureus

Photo by SuXing
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Field Notes

Description:

Common yellow/ orange garden/ roadside flowers. Mexican origin. Chinese name "黄波斯菊" (yellow Persian chrysanthemum), don't why related to Persia.

Habitat:

Mexican origin

Notes:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_sulphureus

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Comments (2)
SuXing
Thanks, Alice. They are lovely like stars in the graden, my daughter like them very much!
alicelongmartin
The colors of cosmos you grow are more spectacular than the ones we grow in Florida. I like them. We are usually while, pink or lavender.

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PublishedMarch 16, 2011

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