A bee is gathering honey from yellow cosmos flower. Cosmos sulphureus Cav. is an annual herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. The branches and leaves are paired bipinnate compound leaves with lanceolate lobes The flowers are tongue shaped, with two types: single and double. The colors are mostly yellow, golden, orange, and red The achene is brown in color, rough and hairy, with a slender beak at the top The flowering period for spring sowing is from June to August, and for summer sowing it is from September to October Also known as "sulfur chrysanthemum", it is named after its golden color, resembling a mineral called sulfur.
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