Flora of North America species comparison

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Tagetes lemmonii

Lemmon's marigold
Habit Perennials, subshrubs, or shrubs 10–50(–100+) cm.
Leaf

blades 50–70(–120+) mm overall, lobes or leaflets (3–)5–7+, lance-elliptic to lanceolate, 15–30(–45) × 3–7(–10+) mm.
Peduncles

10–50 mm.
Involucres

8–10 × 5–7 mm.
Ray florets

(3–)5–8+;

laminae yellow, ± oblong, 9–15+ mm.
Disc florets

12–30+;

corollas 6–7 mm.
Heads

in ± corymbiform arrays.
Cypselae

5–6 mm;

pappi of 0–5 lanceolate- to subulate-aristate scales 2.5–3+ mm plus 5+ lanceolate to oblong, ± erose scales 0.5–1 mm, distinct or connate, linear-oblong, ± erose scales 2–6+ mm.
2n

= 24.

Tagetes lemmonii
Phenology Flowering (Aug–)Sep–Nov.
Habitat Moist sites, grasslands, scrublands, woodlands, cliffs, streamsides
Elevation 1400–2500 m (4600–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 236.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Pectidinae > Tagetes
Sibling taxa
T. erecta, T. micrantha, T. minuta
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 40. (1883)
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