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Status
"Native from Guatemala and Costa Rica to Ecuador and Bolivia" (Reed, 1964).
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| Tagetes pusilla | |
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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. pusilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Tagetes pusilla | |
Tagetes pusilla, the lesser marigold,[1] is a Latin American species of marigolds in the family Asteraceae. It is native Central America and western South America from Guatemala to northern Argentina.[2][3][4]
Tagetes pusilla is a small annual herb rarely more than 10 cm (4 inches) tall. Leaves are deeply dissected, the leaflets reduced to threads. One plant a few small flower heads, each containing 1-3 white ray florets surrounding 8-10 disc florets.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Tagetes pusilla". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ Cabrera, A. L. 1978. Compositae. 10: 1–726. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la provincia de Jujuy. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
- ^ Rusby, H. H. 1893. On the collections of Mr. Miguel Bang in Bolivia. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 3(3): 62
- ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 158