Asteraceae
Garden cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cosmos
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- قسموس ثنائي الريش, قسموس زاحف
- Armenian
- Զարդենի կրկնափետրաձև
- arz
- قسموس ثنائى الريش
- Bangla
- কসমস
- Belarusian
- Космас раздзельналісты
- bo
- པུཎྜ་རི་ཀ
- Bulgarian
- Градински космос
- Cantonese
- 秋英
- Chinese
- 大波斯菊, 波斯菊, 榛子花, 秋英, 格桑花
- Czech
- Krásenka zpeřená
- Dutch
- Cosmea, Cosmos
- English
- Garden cosmos, Cosmea, Mexican aster
- Estonian
- Harilik kosmos
- Finnish
- Punakosmos, Punakosmoskukka
- German
- Schmuckkörbchen, Kosmee
- Hungarian
- Kerti pillangóvirág, Pillangóvirág, Sallangos pillangóvirág
- Japanese
- オオハルシャギク, コスモス
- Kannada
- ಕಾಸ್ಮಾಸ್
- Korean
- 코스모스
- lah
- پھلواری کوسموس
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji kosmėja
- Mongolian
- Энхэлгэнэ цэцэг
- Polish
- Kosmos podwójnie pierzasty
- Russian
- Космея дваждыперистая
- sgs
- Buoba
- Slovak
- Krasuľka perovitá
- Slovenian
- Pernatolistna kozmeja
- Swedish
- Rosenskära
- Turkish
- Meksika Yıldızı, Kozmos Çiçeği
- Vietnamese
- Cúc vạn thọ tây, Sao nhái
Synonyms
- Bidens bipinnata (Cav.) Baill.
- Bidens formosa (Bonato) Sch.Bip.
- Bidens lindleyi Sch.Bip.
- Coreopsis formosa Bonato
- Coreopsis formosa Bonato ex Pritz.
- Cosmea bipinnata (Cav.) Willd.
- Cosmea tenifolia (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Heynhold
- Cosmea tenuifolia (Lindl. ex DC.) J.W.Loudon
- Cosmea tenuifolia (Lindl. ex DC.) J.W.Loudon
- Cosmos bipinnatus var. albiflorus Sprenger
- Cosmos bipinnatus var. bipinnatus
- Cosmos bipinnatus var. exaristatus DC.
- Cosmos bipinnatus var. typicus Sherff
- Cosmos diversifolius var. pumilus Sherff
- Cosmos diversifolius var. typicus Sherff
- Cosmos formosa Bonato
- Cosmos hybridus Goldring
- Cosmos reptans Benth.
- Cosmos spectabilis Carrière
- Cosmos spectabilis var. alba Carr.
- Cosmos spectabilis var. rosea Carr.
- Cosmos tenuifolia (Lindl. ex DC.) Lindl.
- Cosmos tenuifolius (Lindl. ex DC.) Lindl.
- Dahlia repens Hartw. ex Benth.
- Dahlia zimapani Roezl ex Ortgies
- Georgia bipinnata Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to November (from 1,400 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irving Merino, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vladislav Isaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Irving Merino, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: llevin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.