Tagetes elongata
| Tagetes elongata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Tagetes |
| Species: | T. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tagetes elongata Willd. 1803 | |
Tagetes elongata is a Latin American species of marigolds in the sunflower family. It has been found in central and southern Mexico from San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas south to Chiapas.[1][2]
Tagetes elongata is an annual herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with 9-17 toothed leaflets. The plant produces numerous flower heads in flat-topped arrays, yellow, each head containing ray florets surrounding disc florets.[1]
References
- 1 2 Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 153-154
- ↑ Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
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