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Tagetes hartwegii Greenman, Proc. Am. Acad. 40: 46. 1904
Tagetes peduncularis Benth. PI. Hartw. 17. 1839. Not T. peduncularis Cav. 1802.
An erect glabrous perennial; stems 8-9 dm. high, from a woody base; leaves opposite, pinnate, 2-8 cm. long; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, serrate-dentate, the teeth often bristlepointed; glands in a single row on each side of the leaflet at the base of the teeth; heads on long peduncles terminating the stem and branches; peduncles slender, 5-10 cm. long; involucre subcampanulate, 10-12 mm. long, 6-8 mm. broad; bracts about 8, with obtuse, slightly pubescent tips, the glands oblong, about 4 in each lateral row and a single one in the free portion; ray-flowers 8; ligules 12-15 mm. long. 7-11 mm. wide, emarginate, deep-orange; disk-flowers 35-45; corollas 6 mm. long; tube pubescent; throat glabrous; lobes 5, lanceolate, pubescent along the margins; achenes 6 mm. long, glabrous; pappus of the ray-flowers of 1-5, narrow, unequal, paleaceous awns, that of the disk-flowers much reduced or obsolete.
Type locality: Bolanos, Jalisco. Distribution: Jalisco.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1915. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; HELENIEAE, TAGETEAE. North American flora. vol 34(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Tagetes hartwegii: Brief Summary
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Tagetes hartwegii is a Mexican species of marigolds in the family Asteraceae.
It is endemic to the states of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico.
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