Tagetes_lemmonii

<i>Tagetes lemmonii</i>

Tagetes lemmonii

Species of shrub

Tagetes lemmonii, or Lemmon's marigold,[1] is a North American species of shrubby marigold, in the family Asteraceae. Other English names for this plant include Copper Canyon daisy, mountain marigold, and Mexican marigold.[2]

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It is native to the states of Sonora and Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico as well as southern Arizona in the United States.[3][4]

Description

Flowers and leaves

Tagetes lemmonii is a shrub sometimes reaching as much as 240 cm (8 feet) tall.

Leaves are up to 12 cm (4.8 inches) long, pinnately compound into 3-5 leaflets, each leaflet narrowly lance-shaped with teeth along the edge.

The plant produces many small flower heads in a flat-topped array, each head with 3-8 ray florets and 12-30 disc florets. It grows in woodlands, cliffs, and moist sites.[4]

Taxonomy

The species is named for John Gill Lemmon, husband of American botanist Sarah Plummer Lemmon.[5]

Cultivation

Tagetes lemmonii blooms from fall into spring and can sometimes be blooming for up to 10 months. It can get up to 8 feet tall by across. The foliage is pungent when disturbed. The species is very drought tolerant in a Mediterranean climate and much used in California gardens where it tolerates light frosts without damage.

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tagetes lemmonii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    San Francisco Botanical Garden, ""Featured Plant: Tagetes lemmonii"". sfbg.org. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map". bonap.net. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  4. [4]
    "Flora of North America, Tagetes lemmonii A. Gray". efloras.org. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  5. [5]
    Gray, Asa 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 40–42. Vol. 19. biodiversitylibrary.org. 1883. Retrieved 2015-07-05.


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