Summary ⁵

Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos or Mexican aster, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant native to Mexico. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as an ornamental plant in temperate climate gardens. It naturalized in scattered locations across North America, South America, the West Indies, Italy, Australia, and Asia, where it is a garden escape (introduced species) and in some habitats becoming a weed.

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1. (c) Luis Rodriguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Luis Rodriguez
2. Bois, D.; Frederick Warne (Firm); Herincq, B.; Step, Edward; Watson, William, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Favourite_flowers_of_garden_and_greenhouse_(10575182183).jpg
3. (c) Toshihiro Gamo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dakiny/15246940087/
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