Plant and Tree Identification: Anyone know the name of this celosia?

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Author Content onalee Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) December 12, 2004 10:04 PM Post #1192256 I got seeds for this in a trade - they called it 'red cockscomb' - it is a celosia, kind of burgandy red, didn't get too tall, from 12-18" or so. The flowers kind of go up then bend down on all of them. The foilage is green with some red on it. Any name for this? Thanks, Onalee Click the image for an enlarged view. rose318 Houston, TX December 13, 2004 02:43 AM Post #1192486 Onalee, It looks like Amaranthus caudatus to me. I could be wrong. Check the picture out on PDB. Patti onalee Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) December 13, 2004 12:47 PM Post #1192982 it does look kind of like love lies bleeding, but the tassels don't get nearly as long as what I have seen in pictures . . . the length in the photo is about it. Also, the picture that Poppysue posted on DB of the seeds - they look red or pink, these seeds are pure black and shinny just like celosia .. . So I'm not sure. .. Thanks, Onalee crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) December 13, 2004 03:11 PM Post #1193171 Onalee, I have to say, I was glad Patti/rose posted -- that I wasn't alone thinking "Amaranthus"... My l.l.b. never got long or thick, either. Although this illustration of A.caudatus from Wayne's Word http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ -- great site! -- looks a little red, he describes them as "shiny black seeds are about the size of a flea ". ~'spin!~ Click the image for an enlarged view. crystalspin Santa Ana, CA (Zone 9b) December 13, 2004 03:16 PM Post #1193182 Oh yeah, besides thinking, "looks like an amaranth" -- I also thought, "Huh, never noticed that plume (not, cockscomb!) celosia looks so much like an amaranth)!" I now see they are both Amaranthaceae. File, file, my little brain... ~'spin!~ rose318 Houston, TX December 13, 2004 04:40 PM Post #1193308 Hey Spin, Thanks for the wonderful website. I added it to my favorites. Patti CaptMicha Brookeville, MD (Zone 7a) December 13, 2004 09:58 PM Post #1193644 Amaranthus hypochondriacus? onalee Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a) December 13, 2004 10:49 PM Post #1193737 Well, perhaps it is then a l.l.b .. .I looked up pictures of Amaranthus hypochondriacus that I could find and all of those that I saw seem to be upright blooms not drooping like these . . . spin- The foilage on this plant has a kind of red tint to the green leaves .. - is that consistent with LLB? The pics I see the leaves look pretty much green to me. It does have a red stem, which I see in some of the pictures. Thanks for the clarification on the seeds - they are just like celosia/cockscomb seeds, which, as you pointed out they should be! Thanks everyone for your input! Onalee Click the image for an enlarged view.

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