Amaranthaceae
Guineaflower
Hermbstaedtia odorata
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Hermbstaedtia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Guineaflower
Synonyms
- Celosia odorata Burch. ex Moq.
- Celosia recurva Burch.
- Hermbstaedtia dammarensis C.B.Clarke
- Hermbstaedtia elegans Moq.
- Hermbstaedtia laxiflora Lopr.
- Hermbstaedtia odorata var. odorata
- Hermbstaedtia recurva (Burch.) C.B.Clarke
- Hermbstaedtia rubromaginata C.H.Wright
- Hermbstaedtia tetrastigma Suess.
- Hermbstaedtia transvaalensis Gand.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: SAplants, 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.