| Dicotyledon | Literature for Tagetes minuta
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Asteraceae -- The Sunflower Family | Bibliography |
| Tagetes minuta | |
Common name(s): marigold, `okole`oi`oi, stinkweed |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to South America.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on O`ahu, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Foetid annual herbs 2-10 dm tall, glabrous. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves pinnately compound, leaflets 9-17, linear-lanceolate, margins serrate. |
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| Flowers |
Heads numerous, usually in flat-topped cymes; involucre cylindrical, 8-12 mm high, apex 3-5-toothed; ray florets usually 3 per head, rays 1-2 mm long; disk florets usually 3-5 per head, corollas ca. 2.5 mm long; longer pappus scales 2-3 mm long, the others ca. 1 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Achenes black, flattened, 6-8 mm long. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 48 |
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