| Family Name | Amaranthaceae |
| Scientific name | Celosia argentea |
| Common name | Red crest |
| Growth habit | live at warm and dry climate, fear of drought |
| Leaf | Leaves alternate, handle, oval leaves, ovate-lanceolate, oblong, 5 to 12 cm length, 3 to 6 cm width. |
| Flower | Spikes variation often has cristate, the raw stem the top or sprig end of, purple, red, pink, yellow, white, and other miscellaneous colors, flowers dense, each floret with bracts 3; perianth 5broadly lanceolate, 0.5 to 0.8 cm, scarious shape |
| Fruit | Cover fruit oval, containing seeds 2, 0.3 cm length, with persistent calyx, mature, fruit cover from the open, scattering of the seed. |
| More to learn | Treatment diet |
| Properties | Seeds, stems and leaves: sweet, cool. |
| Treats | Inflorescence: clear heat, stop bleeding. Seeds: cooling blood to stop bleeding. Stems and leaves: cure hemorrhoids. |
| Reference | General information on Cockscomb |