Plant
- Annual bedding plant
- Up to 24" tall
Stem
- Alternate leaf arrangement
- Vertical ridges
Leaf
- Up to 2" long
- Linear to ovate or lance-shaped
- Alternate, simple, smooth-edged
- Some are bronze or have red edges
Flower
- Feathery spikes (plumosa) or compacted, branched "combs" (cristata)
- Yellow, orange, pink, red
