Please Help Identify Plant

My father has some volunteer plants in his butterfly garden (mostly zinnias).

We are unsure as to what this is.

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's the purple spikey flower in the background. Thanks!

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JW
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Difficult to say whether it is a Celosia or Amaranthus from the picture but its either one.

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Cereoid-UR12-

Amaranthus. See:

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Sed5555

Wonderful except the plants doesn't match any of the Amaranthus shown in the link.

It could just as easily be a Celosia.

The difference between the two genera is slight and they have been reported to hybridize.

Amaranthus [stigma 2-3, distinct to the base]

Celosia [stigmas united into a style]

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Cereoid-UR12-

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