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Tridax rosea

Tridax rosea
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Mexico

About

Tridax rosea is a central-Mexican plant bearing no English name for itself, though sometimes all species within the genus Tridax are called coatbuttons or just tridaxes. The species belongs to tribe Millerieae of the family Asteraceae.

Where it grows

Tridax rosea is endemic just to Mexico City and the central Mexican states of México, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and Hidalgo, at elevations of 1200–2550 meters (~3900–8400 feet).

Other Tridax plants

Coatbuttons · Tridax

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tridax rosea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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