Tagetes nelsonii

Tagetes nelsonii is a Mexican species of marigold in the sunflower family. It is native to Guatemala and to the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico.[2][3][4][5]

Tagetes nelsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tagetes
Species:
T. nelsonii
Binomial name
Tagetes nelsonii
Greenm. 1903
Synonyms[1]
  • Tagetes sororia Standl. & Steyerm.

Tagetes nelsonii is a hairless annual herb from 50 cm (20 inches) to 2m (6 feet) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with 3-7 leaflets. The plant produces numerous small flower heads in a flat-topped array, each containing 5-6 yellow ray florets surrounding 9-12 greenish-yellow disc florets.[6] Also known as the citrus scented marigold, 'Tagetes nelsonii is considered an edible flower and is often eaten raw.

References
  1. The Plant List, Tagetes nelsonii Greenm.
  2. 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
  3. Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe VI, Helenieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Botany 24(12): 361–386, 571–580
  4. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
  5. Greenman, Jesse More 1903. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 39(5): 117
  6. Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 156

The National Gardening Association Plant Database

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