Tagetes lemmonii

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

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

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

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.[4]

Taxonomic patronym

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

Gardening

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. "Tagetes lemmonii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. San Francisco Botanical Garden, ""Featured Plant: Tagetes lemmonii"". sfbg.org. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map". bonap.net. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  4. "Flora of North America, Tagetes lemmonii A. Gray". efloras.org. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  5. "Gray, Asa 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 40–42". biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2015-07-05.


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