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Tagetes stenophylla

Tagetes stenophylla is a Mexican perennial marigold with finely divided leaves and small yellow flower heads, native to western and central Mexico. Like other marigolds, it grows best in sunny, well-drained conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Well-drained, average to poor soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mexico

About

Tagetes stenophylla is a Mexican species of marigold in the family Asteraceae. It has been found in the States of Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Michoacán, and México State in western and central Mexico.

Tagetes stenophylla is a hairless, branching perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are highly divided, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long, the leaves high on the stem reduced to branching threads. The plant one flower head per flower stalk, are yellow, each head containing 5 ray florets surrounding numerous disc florets.

Other Tagetes plants

Tagetes argentina · Tagetes campanulata · African Marigold · Tagetes epapposa · Aztec marigold · Irish lace marigold · Tagetes foetidissima · Tagetes hartwegii · Tagetes iltisiana · Tagetes lacera · Tagetes laxa · Lemmon's marigold

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tagetes stenophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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