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Common species of cockscomb

Skyler White
2020-08-31 11:00:03
People's impression of cockscomb is that it is shaped like a cockscomb and the color is red like a flame. In fact, there are many varieties of cockscomb, each of which has different morphological characteristics. Today, I will introduce the common varieties of cockscomb to you.

Cockscomb varieties according to shape

Globular pattern

The corolla part is especially close and spherical, which is called "long stay rice cockscomb flower". Flower bed and cut flower cultivation are very common.

Globose cockscomb

Pinnate flower

The shape of the flower is feathery, the Corolla is like a flame, and the color is bright. Whether it's for flower bed cultivation or cutting, it's very popular.

Globose cockscomb

Spear shaped flower

The Corolla is similar to the conic shape of the fir tree. The flower spike is short and compact. Some flowers are especially suitable for cutting.

Globose cockscomb

Common cockscomb varieties

Common cockscomb

The height is about 40-60 cm, with few branches. The flowers are flat and the folds are very similar to the cockscomb. The colors of the flowers are purplish red, crimson, pink, light yellow or milky white, monochromatic or polychromatic.

There are generally two kinds of cultivated varieties. High cockscomb, plant height 80-120cm, flowers are mostly purplish red; low cockscomb, plant height 15-30cm, flowers are mostly purplish red or dark red.

Globose cockscomb

Cockscomb

The plant is 30-50 cm high, with many branches and obliquely emerging. The whole plant is widely conical, compact and tidy.

The terminal inflorescence of the main stem is large in shape, and the inflorescence is inverted cone-shaped with folds. Most of the small inflorescences are near the base of the main inflorescence, and the top of each side branch is similar. The flower color is orange red, the leaf color is dark green, and there is a soil red halo.

Globose cockscomb

Round velvet cockscomb

Plant height 40-60 cm. The flowers are very close, and they are covered with fluff.

Globose cockscomb

Crow with Phoenix Tail

It is also called Luhua crow or broom crow, with a plant height of 30-150 cm.

The stem is erect, the leaf is ovate lanceolate, and the inflorescence is spicate.

Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, without stipules. The flowers are bisexual, sparsely unisexual, axillary cymes or arranged into panicles; bracts are small, bracts 2, dry membranous, perianth 3-5, often dry membranous, stamens are often the same number and opposite to perianth.

cockscomb of globose flower type

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