Asteraceae

Chocolate cosmos

Cosmos atrosanguineus (Hook.) Voss

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cosmos

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Chocolate cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) — FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: قسموس دموي داكن
arz: قسموس دموى داكن
Chinese: 巧克力秋英
English: Chocolate cosmos
German: Schokoladen-Kosmee
hyw: Քոսմոս Աթրոսանկինէուս
Japanese: チョコレートコスモス, ベニコスモス
Kazakh: Шоколадты космос
lah: چاکلیٹی کوسموس
Turkish: Çikolata kozmozu
Ukrainian: Космея криваво-червона

Synonyms

Bidens atrosanguinea (Hook.) Ortgies ex Regel
Bidens atrosanguinea var. atrosanguinea
Bidens atrosanguineus (Hook.) Ortgies ex Regel
Cosmos diversifolius var. atrosanguineus Hook.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Björn Appel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: "pikerslanefarm"/Amanda Slater , Coventry, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ptrktn, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John R., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John R., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mark Pilbeam, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sten, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.