Asteraceae
Sulphur cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cosmos
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- قسموس كبريتي
- arz
- قسموس كبريتى
- Bangla
- কসমস সালফিউরিয়াস
- Cantonese
- 硫磺菊
- Chinese
- 硫华菊, 硫華菊, 黃波斯菊, 硫磺菊, 硫黄菊, 黄秋英, 黄花波斯菊
- Czech
- Krásenka sírožlutá
- English
- Sulphur cosmos
- Finnish
- Keltakosmos, Keltakosmoskukka
- German
- Gelbes Schmuckkörbchen, Gelbe Cosmea, Gelbe Kosmee, Oranges Schmuckkörbchen, Sulfur cosmos
- Hebrew
- קוסמוס צהוב
- Hungarian
- Sárga pillangóvirág, Kénsárga pillangóvirág
- Japanese
- キバナコスモス
- Korean
- 노랑코스모스
- lah
- بسنتی کوسموس
- Malay
- Pokok Ulam Raja Kuning
- Malayalam
- മാങ്ങാനാറി, Manga Poovu, Sulfur Cosmos, Yellow Cosmos, ആകാശമല്ലി, കോസ്മോസ്, മാങ്ങ നാറി, മാങ്ങനാറി
- Persian
- گل ستارهای
- Russian
- Космея серно-жёлтая
- Swedish
- Gullskära
- Thai
- ดาวกระจาย
- Vietnamese
- Cúc vạn thọ tây vàng, Sao nhái vàng
Synonyms
- Bidens artemisiifolia (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Bidens artemisiifolia f. grandiflora Kuntze
- Bidens artemisiifolia f. parviflora Kuntze
- Bidens artemisiifolia subsp. intermedia Kuntze
- Bidens sulfurea (Cav.) Sch.Bip.
- Bidens sulphurea (Cav.) Sch.Bip.
- Bidens sulphureus (Cav.) Sch.Bip.
- Coreopsis artemisiaefolia Jacq.
- Coreopsis artemisifolia Sessé & Moc.
- Coreopsis artemisiifolia Jacq.
- Cosmea sulphurea (Cav.) Willd.
- Cosmos artemisiifolius (Jacq.) M.R.Almeida
- Cosmos aurantiacus Klatt
- Cosmos gracilis Sherff
- Cosmos sulphureus f. sulphureus
- Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus Sherff
- Cosmos sulphureus var. hirsuticaulis Sherff
- Cosmos sulphureus var. sulphureus
- Cosmos sulphureus var. typicus Sherff
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: akshatsgi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.