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YELLOW EXPLOSION (Bud Cosmos flower))

Cosmos is a genus of annual and perennial plants composed of about 20-26 species belonging to the Asteraceae family. It is native of Mexico (where the majority of the species occur), the southern United States of America (Arizona, Florida), Central America and northern South America to the Paraguay. Are typical plants of vacant and meadows.

 

Have sized herbaceous and can grow between 0.3 and 2m high. The leaves are simple, pinnate or bipinnate, and arranged as opposed pairs. The flowers are produced in a chapter, which has a ring of large florets on the banks (the "petals" of the flower) and a set of fertile central florets. The flower color is very variable between different species.

 

Scientific classification - Kingdom: Plantae - Clade: angiosperms - Clade: eudicots - Order: Asterales - Family: asteraceae - Tribe: Coreopsideae - Gender: Cosmos

 

From: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_%28g%C3%A9nero%29

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