Biology:Tagetes pusilla

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

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

Tagetes pusilla, the lesser marigold,[1] is a Latin American species of marigolds in the family Asteraceae. It is native Central America and western South America from Guatemala to northern Argentina .[2][3][4]

Tagetes pusilla is a small annual herb rarely more than 10 cm (4 inches) tall. Leaves are deeply dissected, the leaflets reduced to threads. One plant a few small flower heads, each containing 1-3 white ray florets surrounding 8-10 disc florets.[4]

References

  1. "Tagetes pusilla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TAPU5. Retrieved 7 December 2015. 
  2. Cabrera, A. L. 1978. Compositae. 10: 1–726. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la provincia de Jujuy. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  3. Rusby, H. H. 1893. On the collections of Mr. Miguel Bang in Bolivia. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 3(3): 62
  4. 4.0 4.1 Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 158

External links

Plant Profile for Tagetes pusilla USDA

Missouri Botanical Garden

Wikidata ☰ Q20721718 entry