Asteraceae
Wild cosmos
Cosmos caudatus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cosmos
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- قسموس ذنبي
- Chinese
- 帝皇乌蓝, 尾秋英, 鱼尾波斯菊, 鱼尾秋英
- English
- Wild cosmos, Ulam raja
- Indonesian
- Kenikir, Pohon kenikir
- Javanese
- Kenikir, Kembang kenikir
- lah
- سلاد کوسموس
- Malay
- Ulam raja, Intan berayun, Kenikir, Ulan raja
- Persian
- کسمس کاداتوس
- Sundanese
- Randamidang
Synonyms
- Bidens artemisiifolia subsp. caudata (Kunth) Kuntze
- Bidens artemisiifolia var. rubra Kuntze
- Bidens berteroana Spreng.
- Bidens carnea Heer
- Bidens caudata (Kunth) Sch.Bip.
- Cosmea caudata Spreng.
- Cosmos caudatus var. caudatus
- Cosmos caudatus var. exaristatus Sherff
- Cosmos pacificus var. chiapensis Melchert
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May, July to January (from 131 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jennifer BOC, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mimikoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eric Chan W.C., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fernando Junior, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 48_Tajudin Hasan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mimikoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Johan Bosveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.