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Synonyms: |
Tagetes rotundifolia Mill. |
Common names: | Mexican sunflower (English) Red sunflower (English) |
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Description: |
Annual herb, up to 2(-3) m, stem often purplish. Leaves alternate; petiole 2-7 cm; lamina broadly ovate, entire or the lower 3-lobed, scabrid; base cordate; apex acuminate; margin crenate or serrate. Peduncles 1.5 cm in diameter below capitulum. Phyllaries in 2 series. Rays 2-4 cm, orange-red. Pappus of short (c.1.5 mm) free scales and 2 longer setae. |
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Derivation of specific name: | rotundifolia: round-leaved |
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Flowering time: | Dec - Jun |
Worldwide distribution: | Native to Central America |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 170 - 171. (Includes a picture). Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 759. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 28. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 40. (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 82 - 83. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 38. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 55 - 56. |
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