Cosmos Flower Latin Name. A medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant in the daisy family. It has the dwarf habit and dark red early flowers of some dahlias but the achenes are very puzzling.
From this we also get the common name of The Mexican Aster. Cosmosis the name of the genus of about twenty six flowering plants in the asteraceae family which includes daisies sunflowers and asters. 2 to 6 high x 1 to 3 wide.
Spanish priests grew cosmos in their mission gardens in Mexico.
Although it has been declared extinct in the world it is found abundantly in Mexico. Spanish conquistadors searching for gold discovered these flowers on their journeys through Mexico. Diversifolius is perhaps better known to the trade as a Bidens or Dahlia. Cosmosis the name of the genus of about twenty six flowering plants in the asteraceae family which includes daisies sunflowers and asters.