Tagetes parryi

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

Tagetes parryi is a Mesoamerican species of marigold in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the State of San Luis Potosí in northeastern Mexico.[1]

Tagetes parryi is a branching perennial herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with 5-7 leaflets. The plant produces one flower head per flower stalk, yellow, each head containing 8 ray florets surrounding numerous disc florets.[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. ^ Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 152
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