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Description
Cosmos bipinnatus is an annual that is often considered half-hardy, although plants may reappear via self-sowing for several years. The plant height varies from 2–6 ft to (rarely) 9 ft (2 - 6 -). The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. The branched stem is usually densely to occasionally occupied by fine, split up, rough trichomes, some specimens are completely hairless. The petiole itself is inconspicuous, winged, 10 (rarely to 15) mm long, sometimes the leaves are almost sessile.

The partial leaves are linear-filiform to narrow linear with a width of 0.5 to 1 (rarely to 1.7)&nbspmm; the tips are pointed, hardened, but not particularly sharp. Its foliage is finely cut into threadlike segments. When flowering, the plant can become top heavy. This problem is alleviated when grown in groups, as the bipinnate leaves interlock, and the colony supports itself.

The achenes become blackish, are smooth or short-bristly. Their shape is spindle-like. They are rounded off into a short, 0.5 to 1.7 mm long, but distinctly pronounced rostrum. The inner achenes are up to 18 mm long, their yellowish beaks are 4 to 5 (rarely to 10) mm long. A pappus is missing or it consists only of two to three awn-like, 1-3 mm large bristles.

Flowers
The very conspicuous cup-shaped inflorescences have a diameter of usually 5-7 cm and contain tongue and tubular flowers, which are surrounded by bracts. There are usually 8 outer bracts, and they are ovate to lanceolate-tail-shaped, 7-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. The inner bracts are ovate-lanceolate and 8-12 mm long. They are translucent with many black stripes and a clear edge up to 1 mm wide, sometimes with yellowish or pink pigments, the tip is ciliate. The sprout leaves have gold-yellow, thread-like tips and protrude between the tubular flowers. The broadened base of these spreader leaves is translucent, provided with a yellow line. During flowering, the plant can sag under its weight. This problem can be solved by grouping the feet together so that the leaves hang together.

The mostly eight ray florets are pink to violet or white colored, at the base may show noticeable stains caused by anthocyanin. The tongues are reversely ovate shaped, have a length of usually 20-35 mm and a width of usually 12-20 mm. The tips are almost dull and have three broad, wavy teeth. Below that, they are greatly rejuvenated. In the center of the flower baskets is a large number of tubular flowers (also called disc florets), whose overgrown petals are yellow, turn white in the lower part and reach a length of 5-6 mm. The anthers are brownish-black and about 3 mm long, at the tips are short-triangular, translucent attachments with a length of 0.5-0.8 mm. The branches of the stylus are short and rather dull, with a length of .5 mm.

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Ovate
Glossary of leaf morphology

Cultivars
The following is a selection of cultivars. All are frost-tender, and best grown under glass in temperate regions:


 * 'Concerto Apollo'
 * 'Halios Bright Fuchsia'
 * 'Halios Violet'
 * 'Halios White'
 * 'Laser Rose'
 * 'Laser Salmon with Eye'
 * 'Laser Scarlet'
 * 'Laser White'
 * 'Miracle Deep Rose'
 * 'Miracle Scarlet'
 * 'Miracle White'
 * 'Sierra Fuchsia'
 * 'Sierra Light Purple'
 * 'Sierra Pink with Eye'
 * 'Sierra Scarlet'
 * 'Sierra White with Eye'

Wild garlic
Wild garlic is the usual English common name of the Eurasian plant species Allium ursinum (also called 'ramsons').

Other species in the genus Allium which may be called "wild garlic" include:
 * Allium canadense, wild onion
 * Allium drummondii, Drummond's onion
 * Allium vineale, crow garlic

Wild garlic is also a common name for plants in the African genus.

Species

 * Billbergia alfonsi-joannis Reitz
 * Billbergia brasiliensis L.B. Smith
 * Billbergia cardenasii L.B. Smith
 * Billbergia chiapensis Matuda
 * Billbergia cylindrostachya Mez
 * Billbergia dasilvae Leme
 * Billbergia decora Poeppig & Endlicher
 * Billbergia eloiseae L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
 * Billbergia formosa Ule
 * Billbergia incarnata (Ruiz & Pavón) Schultes f.
 * Billbergia issingiana T. Krömer & E. Gross
 * Billbergia jandebrabanderi R. Vásquez & Ibisch
 * Billbergia kuhlmannii L.B. Smith
 * Billbergia macrolepis L.B. Smith
 * Billbergia magnifica Mez
 * Billbergia meyeri Mez
 * Billbergia microlepis L.B. Smith
 * Billbergia oxysepala Mez
 * Billbergia pallidiflora Liebmann
 * Billbergia porteana Brongniart ex Beer
 * Billbergia robert-readii E. Gross & Rauh
 * Billbergia rosea hortus ex Beer
 * Billbergia rubicunda Mez
 * Billbergia rupestris L.B. Smith
 * Billbergia stenopetala Harms
 * Billbergia tessmannii Harms
 * Billbergia velascana M. Cardenas
 * Billbergia zebrina (Herbert) Lindley

Miscanthus sinensis
Hi, I know people get hot under the collar about common names. A particular contributor may insert common names, using a text in Korean as the authority. The problem here is that we don't know whether they are authentic English common names, found in English horticultural/botanical texts - or Korean names, translated into English. We have to assume the latter, and it's really not the same thing as English common names, which are used by English speaking people.

A quick trawl through the Wikidata (taxonbar) entries reveals the following preferred common names:-
 * Chinese silver grass, 10 entries
 * Eulalia, eulalia grass, 11 entries
 * Zebra grass, zebragrass, 5 entries
 * Chinese fairy grass (New Zealand), 1 entry
 * Chinese plume grass, 1 entry
 * Japanese plume grass, 1 entry
 * Japanese silver grass, 1 entry

I think it's fairly obvious that "Chinese silver grass" and "eulalia" are the preferred names by the authorities concerned.

Thunbergii

 * ''Allium thunbergii, Thunberg's chive, Thunberg's garlic
 * Amaranthus thunbergii, Thunberg's amaranthus
 * Arisaema thunbergii, Asian jack-in-the-pulpit
 * Berberis thunbergii, Japanese barberry
 * Fritillaria thunbergii, Thunberg's fritillary
 * Geranium thunbergii, Thunberg's geranium
 * Lespedeza thunbergii, Thunberg's bushclover
 * Pinus thunbergii, black pine
 * Spiraea thunbergii, Thunbeerg's meadowsweet

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WP:Plants Selected cultivars (those marked have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit):-


 * 'America'
 * 'Firelight'
 * ’Flava’
 * 'Golden Charmer'
 * 'Golden Dome'
 * 'Lalandei'
 * 'Mohave'
 * 'Navajo'
 * 'Orange Glow'
 * 'Rosy Mantle'
 * 'Santa Cruz'
 * = ‘Cadrou’
 * = ‘Cadange’
 * 'Soleil d'Or'
 * 'Teton'
 * 'Watereri'

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=Agapetes serpens=

Italic

Agapetes serpens is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, that is native to the Himalayas. Growing to 40-60 cm tall, this semi-climbing evergreen shrub is cultivated as an ornamental for its shiny evergreen leaves and branches of attractive pendulous tubular red flowers, blooming over a long period. It is grown in climates from warm temperate to sub-tropical, but does not survive prolonged freezing (RHS hardiness rating H2). It requires a sheltered position in acid or neutral soil.

The Latin specific epithet serpens means "snake-like".

This plant has received the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.

Taxonomy
It was first described in 1847 as Vaccinium serpens by Robert Wight. In 1851 Johann Klotzch redescribed it as Pentapterygium serpens (a name which is not accepted). In 1939 Hermann Sleumer transferred it to the genus, Agapetes, to give the species its currently accepted name of Agapetes serpens.