Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tagetes linifolia Seaton trib. Tageteae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 28: 120 (1893) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous, stems purple, leaves opposite, 2-4cm, pinnate, leaflets 7-11, narrowly linear, 1-2cm, apiculate, sharp, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate, ligules 12-16mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest) |