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Key to Celosia
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/main.php?pg=show-key.php&keyid=40238
2 Leaf blades deltate to triangular-lanceolate, not lobed, with base abruptly narrowed or truncate to oblique; stigmas 3; [peninsular FL and sc. and s. TX] | |
2 Leaf blades moderately hastate to lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, with base long-tapering; stigmas 2; [Rio Grande Valley only, s. TX] | |
3 Style 3-4 mm long; inflorescence very dense, of crowded spikes, crested, fanlike, or elaborately lobed, the ultimate units > 10 mm in diameter | |
3 Style ca. 0.2 mm long; inflorescence of lax, interrupted panicles, the spicate ultimate units < 10 mm in diameter |