Family: Amaranthaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives, and able to spread in regions with tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in the continental US and Cabo Verde islands, but no evidence in the Hawaiian Islands to date
  
• A crop weed of cereals, cotton, orchards, plantations, pastures, and vegetables
  
• Other Celosia species are invasive
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Annual life cycle, reaching maturity in 90-120 days
  
• Seeds dispersed by gravity, water, and people (intentionally and accidentally)

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite common reports of weediness, impacts appear to be manageable
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Despite weediness, also valued as a vegetable and medicinal plant
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control