Plants Profile for Cosmos bipinnatus (garden cosmos)

General Information
Symbol:	COBI2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asteraceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I PB I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family
Genus	Cosmos Cav. – cosmos
Species	Cosmos bipinnatus Cav. – garden cosmos

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Cosmos bipinnatus cosmos This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FACW
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACW
Midwest	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACW