《中国植物志》|| 苋科 AMARANTHACEAE ||青葙属 Celosia L. ||鸡冠花 Celosia cristata L.

2．鸡冠花
Celosia cristata L. Sp. Pl. 205. 1753;广州植物志146. 1956; 中国药用植物志5: f. 216. 1957; 中药志2: 230. f. 140. 1959; 北京植物志上册, 228. f. 172. 1962; 中国高等植物图鉴1: 603. f. 1206. 1972; 秦岭植物志1 (2): 185. 1974. ——C. argrentea L. var. cristata(L.)O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 541. 1891;中国北部植物图志4: 7. pl. 2. 1935;江苏南部种子植物手册252.附注. 1959; 海南植物志1: 403. 1964.
本种和青箱极相近，但叶片卵形、卵状披针形或披针形，宽2-6厘米；花多数，极密生，成扁平肉质鸡冠状、卷冠状或羽毛状的穗状花序，一个大花序下面有数个较小的分枝，圆锥状矩圆形，表面羽毛状; 花被片红色、紫色、黄色、橙色或红色黄色相间。花果期7-9月。
我国南北各地均有栽培，广布于温暖地区。
栽培供观赏；花和种子供药用，为收敛剂，有止血、凉血、止泻功效。

《云南植物志》|| 苋科 Amaranthaceae nom. conserv. ||青葙属 Celosia Linn. ||鸡冠花 Celosia cristata L.

2. 鸡冠花（嘉祐本草、植物名实图考通称）
鸡公花、鸡米花、鸡角枪（福建），鸡骨子花（广东），老来少（云南）
Celosia cristata L. (1753); 广州植物志 (1956); 图鉴 (1972)*; 中国植物志 (1979)*; 云南种子植物名录 (1984).
C. argentea L. var. cristata (L.) O. Ktze (1891); 中国北部植物图志 (1935)*; 海南植物志 (1964); G. D. Long (1984).
本种和前种相近，区别在于植株粗大，茎带红色；叶片稍大，卵形、卵状披针形或卵状三角形，宽2—6厘米；穗状花序、压扁、肉质鸡冠状、卷冠状或多分枝羽毛状；花被片红色、紫色、黄色、橙黄色。花果期7—9月。
大理、腾冲、勐腊、砚山常见栽培。我国南北各温暖地亦常见栽培。
明显是从 C. argentea 衍生的四倍体栽培种。
供观赏，花及种子也供药用，为收敛剂、有止血、凉血、止泻功效。具多分枝羽毛状花序的或系《植物名实图考》记载的“穗冠花”。

《Flora of North America》|| Amaranthaceae || Celosia || Celosia cristata

5. Celosia cristata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 205. 1753.

Celosia argentea Linnaeus var. cristata (Linnaeus) Kuntze

Herbs, annual. Stems erect, mostly 0.3-1 m, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1-3 cm; blade unlobed, variable, mostly lanceolate or ovate, 8-15 × 1-8 cm, base tapering, apex long-acuminate. Inflorescences variously fasciated, dense, crested or plumose. Flowers: tepals pink, red, yellow, purple, or white, faintly 3-veined at base, 5-8 mm, scarious; style elongate, 3-4 mm; stigmas 3. Utricles 3-4 mm. Seeds 6-10, 1.5 mm diam., faintly reticulate, shiny. 2n = 72.

Flowering late summer-fall. Trash dumps, waste places; 0-1000 m; introduced; Ala., Conn., D.C., Kans., La., Mo., N.C., Ohio, R.I., Tenn., Vt.; West Indies.

In this treatment, Celosia cristata, the cultivated cockscomb, is considered a species separate from C. argentea, its likely wild progenitor; however, it is often treated as an infraspecific entity (variety or form) of the latter. The former is a tetraploid; the latter, an octoploid, although a tetraploid race of C. argentea is known in India (T. N. Khoshoo and M. Pal 1973). Convincing evidence has been presented for recognizing this cytologically and morphologically distinct race as a separate species (W. F. Grant 1961, 1962). Celosia cristata is known only in cultivation or as an escape from cultivation.

《Flora of China》|| Amaranthaceae || Celosia ||鸡冠花 Celosia cristata

2. Celosia cristata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 205. 1753.

鸡冠花 ji guan hua

Celosia argentea Linnaeus f. cristata (Linnaeus) Schinz; C. argentea var. cristata (Linnaeus) Kuntze.

Herbs annual. Stem erect. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 2-6 cm wide. Spikes often cristate, convolute, or feathery; some small branches pyramidal-oblong. Bracts lanceolate, with midvein, apex acuminate. Tepals red, purple, yellow, or orange. Utricles ovoid, enveloped in persistent perianth. Seeds compressed-reniform. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 35*, 36*, 54*.

Widely cultivated. as an ornamental in China [cosmopolitan].

This taxon is usually regarded as a cultivated form of Celosia argentea. There are many ornamental cultivars in China.