Tagetes lacera is a Mexican species of marigolds in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the State of Baja California Sur in western Mexico.[1]

Tagetes lacera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tagetes
Species:
T. lacera
Binomial name
Tagetes lacera

Tagetes lacera is a hairless perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long including a large leaflet at the end much larger than the side leaflets and about half the length of the leaf. The plant produces one yellow Flower head per branch.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs. 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93
  2. ^ Brandegee, Townshend Stith 1890. Zoë 1(8): 314