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Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is commonly known as the tree marigold, [2] Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum. It is native to Mexico and Central America but has a nearly pantropical distribution as an introduced species. [1]
Monarch butterfly flying away from a Mexican sunflower. Plants are perennial in the native habitat, up to 4 m tall with orange or red flowers (in cultivation only 0.8 to 1.5 meters). In USDA zones cooler than Zone 10 it is an annual. Leaves, despite the epithet, are deltoid to lanceolate, occasionally lobed (or broadly heart-shaped) up to 38 cm ...
Tithonia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Tithonia has a center of distribution in Mexico but with one species extending into the Southwestern United States and several native to Central America .
A trip to see the field of sunflowers is worth adding to your summer bucket list.
Mexican sunflower is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Tithonia diversifolia; Tithonia rotundifolia This page was last edited on 13 May ...
Flowers bloom March through May; Anemone tuberosa. Common name: ... Common name: desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, desert gold; Glandularia gooddingii
The sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke or Helianthus tuberosus) is related to the sunflower, another example of perennial sunflower. The Mexican sunflower is Tithonia rotundifolia. It is only very distantly related to North American sunflowers. False sunflower refers to plants of the genus Heliopsis.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican avocados grown on illegal orchards should not be exported to the United States, the largest importer of the popular staple used in guacamole, the U.S. ambassador to ...