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  2. Tagetes erecta - Wikipedia

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    Tagetes erecta, the Aztec marigold, Mexican marigold, big marigold, cempaxochitl or cempasúchil, [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tagetes native to Mexico and Guatemala. [4] Despite being native to the Americas, it is often called the African marigold .

  3. Tithonia diversifolia - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Mexican marigold - Wikipedia

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    Mexican marigold also known as cempasúchil, or Aztec marigold is a native flower to México and was first used by the Aztecs and is used in the Mexican holiday "Día de muertos" or Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead originated from Aztec mythology to honor the Aztec goddess of death Mictēcacihuātl. Tagetes erecta

  5. Tagetes lucida - Wikipedia

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    Tagetes lucida - MHNT. Tagetes lucida is a perennial plant native to Mexico and Central America.It is used as a medicinal plant and as a culinary herb.The leaves have a tarragon-like scent, with hints of anise, and it has entered the nursery trade in North America as a tarragon substitute.

  6. Tagetes - Wikipedia

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    Tagetes minuta, native to southern South America, is a tall, upright marigold plant with small flowers used as a culinary herb in Peru, Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Bolivia, where it is called by the Incan term huacatay. The paste is used to make the popular potato dish called ocopa.

  7. Tithonia - Wikipedia

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    T. rotundifolia makes a nice fresh cut flower, flowering in mid- to late-summer in the Northern hemisphere. [6] The distinguishing feature of the genus is the peduncle, which is fistulose (meaning hollow and flaring toward the apex). The plants are coarse annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, and one species, T. koelzii, is a small tree. [7]

  8. Tithonia rotundifolia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Asclepias curassavica - Wikipedia

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    Other common names include bloodflower or blood flower, [3] cotton bush, [6] hierba de la cucaracha, [3] Mexican butterfly weed, redhead, [6] scarlet milkweed, [3] and wild ipecacuanha. [ 3 ] It is grown as an ornamental garden plant and as a food source for some butterflies , however it may be harmful to the migration patterns of monarch ...