Tagetes lemmonii | |
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Tagetes lemmonii flowers | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Tagetes |
Species: | T. lemmonii
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Binomial name | |
Tagetes lemmonii |
Tagetes lemmonii, or Lemmon's marigold,[1] is a North American species of shrubby marigold, in the family Asteraceae. Other English names for this plant include Copper Canyon daisy, mountain marigold, and Mexican marigold.[2]
It is native to the states of Sonora and Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico as well as southern Arizona in the United States.[3][4]