Tagetes coronopifolia Willd.

Tagetes coronopifolia Wilid. Enum. Suppl. 60, hyponym. 1813); Jacq. 1. Eelog. PI. 1: 118. 1815.
Tagetes corymbosa Lag. '"Elench. 1805"; Gen. & Sp. Nov. 29, as synonym. 1816.
Tagetes clandestine Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 29. 1816.
Enalcida filifera Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1819: 31. 1819.
Enalcida foeniculifolia Cass. Diet. Sci. Nat. 14: 443. 1819.
Tage: lia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 4: 194. 1820.
Tagetes foeniculacea Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3. 171. 1829.
A glabrous annual; stem much branched, striate, 2-4 dm. high; branches almost erect;
leaves pinnatifid, 2-4 cm. long, the lower opposite, the upper alternate; divisions linear, some
entire and some with 1-4 linear lobes, callous-tipped but not bristle-pointed; heads numerous;
peduncles 1-3 cm. long; involucre oblong, about 1 cm. long, 3-4 mm. broad; bracts mostly 5,
with triangular tips, and with two lateral rows of 3 linear glands each and 3 oval glands in the
free portion; ray-flowers 1-5, or wanting; ligules suborbicular; disk-flowers 5-10; corollas 3-4
mm. long; tube nearly equaling the trumpet-shaped throat; 2 of the squamellae 4 mm. long,
linear-lanceolate, acute, tipped with purple, the other 3 united, truncate, 2-2.5 mm. long.
Type locality: Described from cultivated specimens of unknown origin, probably Mexico. Distribution: Southern Mexico.