Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Cosmos
Species:	C. bipinnatus
Binomial name
	Cosmos bipinnatus; Cav., 1791
Synonyms
	Synonymy Bidens bipinnata Baill. 1882 not L. 1753 ; Bidens formosa (Bonato) Sch.Bip. ; Bidens lindleyi Sch.Bip. ; Coreopsis formosa Bonato ; Coreopsis formosa Bonato ex Pritz. ; Cosmea tenifolia (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Heynhold ; Cosmos formosa Bonato ; Cosmos hybridus Goldring ; Cosmos spectabilis Carrière ; Cosmos tenuifolia Lindl. ; Cosmos tenuifolius Lindl. ; Georgia bipinnata (Cav.) Spreng. ;

Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos, Mexican aster or cosmea, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the Americas. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as ornamental plants in temperate climate gardens.