My father has some volunteer plants in his butterfly garden (mostly zinnias).

We are unsure as to what this is.

http://www.cyberturf.com/wolgamuths/...s/DSC00052.jpg

It's the purple spikey flower in the background. Thanks!

Difficult to say whether it is a Celosia or Amaranthus from the picture but
its either one.


JW wrote in message
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My father has some volunteer plants in his butterfly garden (mostly
zinnias).

We are unsure as to what this is.

http://www.cyberturf.com/wolgamuths/...s/DSC00052.jpg

It's the purple spikey flower in the background. Thanks!

My father has some volunteer plants in his butterfly garden (mostly zinnias).

We are unsure as to what this is

Amaranthus. See:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopE...s/amaranth.htm
sed5555

Wonderful except the plants doesn't match any of the Amaranthus shown in the
link.

It could just as easily be a Celosia.

The difference between the two genera is slight and they have been reported
to hybridize.

Amaranthus [stigma 2-3, distinct to the base]

Celosia [stigmas united into a style]



Sed5555 wrote in message
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My father has some volunteer plants in his butterfly garden (mostly
zinnias).

We are unsure as to what this is

Amaranthus. See:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopE...s/amaranth.htm
sed5555