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Its scent, reminiscent of dark chocolate, unfolds in warm summer weather in the late afternoon hours. It is sometimes referred to as a chocolate flower, but differs from the true chocolate flower (Berlandiera lyrata) mainly by its flower color, which varies from a dark purple brown to dark red. Other German trivial names for Cosmos atrosanguineus are black cosmee, scented chocolate flower or, like all species of the genus, cosmee and jewelry baskets.

 

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Uploaded on November 26, 2019
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