Tagetes lacera

Tagetes lacera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tagetes
Species: T. lacera
Binomial name
Tagetes lacera
Brandegee

Tagetes lacera is a Mexican species of marigolds in the sunflower family. It has been found only in the State of Baja California Sur in western Mexico.[1]

Tagetes lacera is a hairless perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long including a large leaflet at the end much larger than the side leaflets and about half the length of the leaf. The plant produces one yellow Flower head per branch.[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. Brandegee, Townshend Stith 1890. Zoë 1(8): 314
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