Tagetes hartwegii

Tagetes hartwegii is a Mexican species of marigolds in the sunflower family.

Tagetes hartwegii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tagetes
Species:
T. hartwegii
Binomial name
Tagetes hartwegii

It is endemic to the states of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico.[1]

Description

Tagetes hartwegii is a hairless perennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. Stem is woody at the base. Leaves are bipinnate, up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) long.

Flower heads are yellow-orange, each containing 8 ray florets and 35-40 disc florets.[2]

References

  1. Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93
  2. Greenman, Jesse More 1904. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 40: 46-47
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