Celosia (/siːˈloʊʃiə/see-LOH-shee-ə[2]) is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Its species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs.[3] The plants are well known in East Africa's highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu.
^"Genus: Celosia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-08-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
^Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. pp. 606–607.
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cock's-comb" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 628.
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