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Tagetes oaxacana is a hairless, erect shrub from southern Mexico (Oaxaca) with thread-like leaves and small yellow flower heads, growing on rocky limestone slopes. As a wild species of a marigold genus it is grown mainly by specialists and botanic gardens.
Tagetes oaxacana is a Mexican species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
Tagetes oaxacana is an erect hairless shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are once-pinnate, the lobes very narrow and thread-like with many glands along their lengths. The plant produces flower heads one per flowering stalk, each head with 5 yellow Ray florets surrounding 30-40 yellow Disc florets. The plant grows on rocky limestone slopes.
Tagetes epapposa · Aztec marigold · Sweetscented marigold · Tagetes mendocina · Muster John Henry · French marigold · Signet Marigold · Marigold
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
