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Chocolate Cosmos
Chocolate Cosmos
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Montane forest
Range
Mexico
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Rare

About

This dark-petaled flower grows in the volcanic highlands of Mexico. Every existing plant is a genetic clone of a single ancestor from over a century ago.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cosmos
Species
Cosmos atrosanguineus