Yes, Saroj ji, the flowers definitely look different. *Celosia cristata* is known to be a horticultural species; that is - it is only cultivated as an ornamental, sometimes escaping from cultivation to nearby spaces.
Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > I find some confusion about argentea and cristata, however flowers look > different. > POWO kept all in one sps. under argentia but other databases have some > differences. > https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316350-2 > https://www.gbif.org/species/3085191 > https://www.gbif.org/species/3085196 > https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/S49W > https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/BMHVM > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM Sam Kuzhalanattu < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dinesh ji, >> Vibrant picture and great efforts. >> I don't know the mentioned Malayalam names are exact names of this plant, >> however the Malayalam and English spellings are correct. >> Regards, Sam >> >> >> >> On Mon, 24 Nov, 2025, 9:37 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> *Celosia cristata* L. >>> [image: Celosia cristata L.] >>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327481809> >>> >>> *se-LO-see-uh* or *kay-LO-see-uh* -- from the Greek *kelos* (dry, >>> burnt) - referring to its color ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Celosia> >>> *kris-TAY-tuh* -- crested ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=cristata> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: crested cockscomb • *Assamese*: কুকুৰা জবা kukur >>> joba • *Dimasa*: khimsa-gajau • *Dogri*: मुर्गे दा कलगा murge da kalga >>> • *Garo*: dogingmat • *Gujarati*: લાલમુર્ગા lalmurga, મખમલી makhmali, >>> મોરશીખા morshikha • *Hindi*: जटाधारी jata-dhari, लाल मुर्गा lal murga, >>> लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, फलिनी phalini • >>> *Kannada*: ದೀಪಕ deepaka • *Kashmiri*: मवल mawal • *Konkani*: वेलूड >>> velud • *Malayalam*: ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത >>> അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha adakkaamaniyan • *Manipuri*: ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei • >>> *Marathi*: मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha • *Odia*: ଇଶରଜଟା >>> isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, >>> ସୁବହା subaha, ସୁରଭି surabhi • *Punjabi*: ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros • >>> *Rabha*: sore-kukum, to-kukung • *Sanskrit*: बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, >>> दीप्य dipya, दीप्यक dipyaka, कारवी karavi, खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष >>> kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा >>> mayurachuda, प्रियतम priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, >>> शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर vahnishikhara • *Tamil*: சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை >>> cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu • >>> *Telugu*: ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru • *Tibetan*: >>> བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze • *Urdu*: >>> جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, پهلني >>> phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurus >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Celosia cristata* L. ... *synonyms*: *Celosia >>> argentea* var. *cristata* (L.) Kuntze ... Robertson, K.R. (2003) >>> *Celosia* L. In: Flora of North America >>> <https://floranorthamerica.org/Celosia_cristata> Editorial Committee >>> (eds.) Flora of North America north of Mexico 4. Oxford University Press, >>> New York & Oxford, pp. 406–407. Accessed [11:54 24-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)] • >>> Iamonico, Duilio. (2013). About the circumscription of *Celosia >>> argentea* (Amaranthaceae) and the related Linnaean taxa. >>> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250612821> Phytotaxa. 90. >>> 61-64. 10.11646/phytotaxa.90.1.3. >>> Bibliography / etymology >>> Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid >>> permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise >>> their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites >>> may even close down at their own will. 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Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >>> >>> *जटाधारी jata-dhari, लोचन मस्तक lochan-mastak, मयूर चूड़ा mayur-chuda, >>> फलिनी phalini* >>> >>> - A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English >>> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> by John T. Platts >>> >>> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* >>> *ದೀಪಕ deepaka* >>> >>> - S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and >>> medicinal plants of Mysore >>> <http://mdl.mandayamsabha.in/uploads/book/bk_1605597283.pdf> - >>> Mandayam Digital Library >>> - Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus >>> <https://alar.ink/> created by V. Krishna >>> >>> ~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Koshur* (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), *Devanagari* (कश्मीरी), ... >>> spoken in: *Kashmir* ... other names for this language: Koshur >>> *मवल mawal* >>> >>> - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... >>> facebook >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid02ntZyTYcuPsc2se4J55ojS594wGfE5RgCKyPGDMRQRrP2SdwyiREe1Sg4fV5DPsk9l> >>> >>> ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (कोंकणी) / *Kannada* (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam >>> (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_in_the_Roman_script> (*Konknni*) >>> ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat >>> *वेलूड velud* >>> >>> - V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India >>> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/153789> with a note >>> on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area - Shodhganga :: a >>> reservoir >>> of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >>> - Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo >>> methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. >>> >>> <https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Flora_de_Goa_e_Savantvadi/94dIAAAAYAAJ?hl=en> >>> Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. >>> >>> ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep >>> *ചെറിയ അടക്കാമണിയൻ cheriya adakkaamaniyan, വെളുത്ത അടക്കാമണിയൻ velutha >>> adakkaamaniyan* >>> >>> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >>> >>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4129/13d7b00c2e175d7c45a6f9dc5d16a156> >>> >>> ~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Meiteilon* (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: >>> *Manipur* ... other names for this language: Meetei >>> *ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯂꯩ haolei* >>> >>> - Flowers of India >>> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Crested%20Cockscomb.html>, >>> retrieved November 24, 2025 >>> - or ꯍꯥꯑꯣꯔꯩ haorei ... *The Economic Plants of Manipur and their >>> Uses*, S. Sukumar Singh (Manipur, 2006) >>> >>> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, >>> Karnataka >>> *मोरशेंडी morashendi, मोरशिखा morashikha (or मयूरशिखा mayurashikha)* >>> >>> - A dictionary, Marathi and English >>> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/molesworth/> by Molesworth, >>> J. T. (James Thomas) >>> >>> ~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Odia* (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: *Odisha*, Andaman & Nicobar >>> Islands >>> *ଇଶରଜଟା isarajata, କାରବୀ karabi, ମୟୂର ଶିଖା mayura shikha, ସୁବହା subaha, >>> ସୁରଭି surabhi* >>> >>> - Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha >>> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/praharaj/> by Praharaj, G.C. >>> >>> *ମୟୂର ଚୂଳିଆ mayur chulia* >>> >>> - ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ - ଏକ ଖୋଲା ଜ୍ଞାନକୋଷ >>> >>> <https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%9F%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%9A%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%B3%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86> >>> ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia >>> >>> ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* >>> *ਤਾਜਾ ਖੋਰੋਸ taja khoros* >>> >>> - for *Celosia cristata* L. ... The Panjabi dictionary >>> <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/>. Bhai Maya Singh >>> >>> ~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Assamese* (ৰাভা), Bengali, English ... spoken in: Assam, >>> Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya >>> *sore-kukum, to-kukung* >>> >>> - Dipali Deka (2007) - Chapter 5 :: Ethno medico botanical study of >>> certain tribes of Goalpara district, Assam >>> <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43377> - Shodhganga >>> :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET >>> >>> ~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Devanagari* (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests >>> and scholars >>> *बर्हिचूडा barhichuda, दीप्य dipya (or दीप्यक dipyaka), कारवी karavi, >>> खराश्वा kharashva, क्षुद्रशीर्ष kshudrashirsha, लोचमर्कट lochamarkata, >>> लोचमस्तक lochamastaka, मयूरचूडा mayurachuda, मयूरशिखा mayurashikha, प्रियतम >>> priyatama, सन्दीप्य sandipya, शिखावल shikhavala, शिखिन् shikhin, वह्निशिखर >>> vahnishikhara* >>> >>> - Learn Sanskrit >>> <https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=celosia&dir=es> - पठत >>> संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः >>> >>> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, >>> Andaman & Nicobar Islands >>> *சாவற்சூட்டுப்பண்ணை cavar-cuttu-p-pannai, கோழிக்கொண்டை koli-k-kontai, >>> கோழிப்பூ koli-p-pu* >>> >>> - Tamil lexicon <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/> >>> [Madras], University of Madras >>> >>> ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Telugu* ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: *Andhra Pradesh*, >>> *Telangana*, Puducherry >>> *ఎర్ర కోడిజుట్టు తోటకూర erra kodijuttu totakuru* >>> >>> - Flora Andhrika >>> <https://floraandhrika.blogspot.com/search?q=Celosia+cristata> - >>> Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India >>> - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants >>> >>> <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/4129/13d7b00c2e175d7c45a6f9dc5d16a156> >>> >>> ~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Tibetan* ... spoken in: *Tibet*, *Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh*, >>> Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan >>> *བྱ་ཕོ་རྩི་རྩི bya-pho-rtsi-rtsi, མེ་ཏོག་བྱ་ཟེ་ me-tog-bya-ze* >>> >>> - for *Celosia cristata* L. ... A Glossary of Tibetan Medicinal >>> Plants >>> >>> <http://molvray.com/ebooks/ebooks-mss/academic-mm/A_Glossary_of_Tibetan_Medicinal_Plants__MMolvray.pdf> >>> by Mia MoIvray - a publication for the study of Tibetan Medicine >>> published >>> by the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives >>> >>> ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ >>> written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, >>> Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka >>> *جٹا دھاری jata-dhari, لوچن مستک lochan-mastak, میور چوڑا mayur-chuda, >>> پهلني phalini, تاج خروس taj-e-khurus* >>> >>> - for *Celosia cristata* L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical >>> Hindi, and English <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/> >>> by John T. Platts >>> >>> ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >>> known only in cultivation, or as an escape from cultivation >>> >>> Robertson, K.R. (2003) *Celosia* L. In: Flora of North America >>> <https://floranorthamerica.org/Celosia_cristata> Editorial Committee >>> (eds.) Flora of North America north of Mexico 4. Oxford University Press, >>> New York & Oxford, pp. 406–407. 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