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Tithonia diversifolia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Domboshawa Rd, Chinamora CL
Photo: Bart Wursten
Domboshawa Rd, Chinamora CL
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Mexican sunflower (English) |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Annual or perennial herb or shrub to 3 m. Leaves alternate; petiole up to 7 cm; lamina narrowly ovate to obovate, usually deeply 3-5-lobed (rarely entire), scabrid; base cuneate; apex acuminate; margin crenate, crenate-serrate or entire. Peduncles 1 cm in diameter below capitulum. Phyllaries in c.4 series. Rays up to 6 cm, yellow. Pappus of short, 2 mm, scales, connate below, with 2 longer setae. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | diversifolia: variable-leaved |
| Habitat: | A weed of roadsides and waste places, much less common than Tithonia rotundifolia. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 870 - 1560 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | C America |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
| Growth form: | PS |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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Flora of Mozambique: Tithonia diversifoliaAfrican Plant Database: Tithonia diversifolia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Tithonia diversifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tithonia diversifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tithonia diversifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tithonia diversifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tithonia diversifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tithonia diversifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Tithonia diversifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tithonia diversifolia
Tropicos: Tithonia diversifolia
West African Plants database: Tithonia diversifolia
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