Tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers.

synonym: Emilia sagitta.

Tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia.

synonyms: Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea, Emilia coccinea, Emilia flammea, Emilia javanica.

Young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal.

synonyms: Amaranthus caudatus, love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower.