Tagetes parryi
| Tagetes parryi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Tagetes |
| Species: | T. parryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tagetes parryi A.Gray 1879
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Tagetes parryi is a Mesoamerican species of marigolds in the sunflower family. 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 152