Chamissoa altissima,[2] or false chaff flower,[3] is native to North and South America. In Brazil it grows in the Cerrado vegetation.[4]

False chaff flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Chamissoa
Species:
C. altissima
Binomial name
Chamissoa altissima
Synonyms
  • Achyranthes altissima Jacq.
  • Celosia paniculata L.
  • Celosia tomentosa Willd.[1]

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  1. ^ "Chamissoa altissima". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ "Chamissoa altissima". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ Chamissoa altissima at USDA PLANTS Database
  4. ^ (in Portuguese) Chamissoa altissima at Flora Brasiliensis.