Lesser Marigold
Tagetes pusilla Kunth
Lesser Marigold: https://mail.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/17265
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Waif Non-native

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Status

"Native from Guatemala and Costa Rica to Ecuador and Bolivia" (Reed, 1964).

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

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

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  1. ^ NRCS. "Tagetes pusilla". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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. ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 158
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Plant Profile for Tagetes pusilla USDA

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