Tagetes tenuifolia Cav.

Tagète citron (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Tagetes

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 50 cm tall. The leaves are 3 cm long and deeply divided. The flowers are yellow and in heads.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Grows in the pine-oak forest zone. A garden escape in the USA where it grows along the sides of roads.
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Grows in the pine-oak forest zone. A garden escape in the USA where it grows along the sides of roads.
It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The petals have a citrus like flavour used to flavour hot pudding sauces. Caution: They should be used sparingly. The flowers are also used for herbal teas.
Uses dye environmental use medicinal ornamental tea
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Antioxidants (flower), Burns (flower), Diuretics (flower), Earache (flower), Eye diseases (flower), Fractures, bone (flower), Skin diseases, infectious (flower), Antifungal agents (leaf), Bites and stings (leaf), Eczema (leaf), Tonsillitis (leaf), Tuberculosis (leaf), Wasp sting (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Diuretics (root), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Cataplasm (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Anti-infective agents, local (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Anthelmintics (whole plant), Mosquito control (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Tagetes tenuifolia habit picture by Sabina Hartmann (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Tagetes tenuifolia leaf picture by Fabrice Rubio (cc-by-sa)
Tagetes tenuifolia leaf picture by Sabina Hartmann (cc-by-sa)
Tagetes tenuifolia leaf picture by Tom Schöning (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Tagetes tenuifolia flower picture by Fabrice Rubio (cc-by-sa)
Tagetes tenuifolia flower picture by lilrbxtcg (cc-by-sa)
Tagetes tenuifolia flower picture by Mariusz Staniszewski (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tagetes tenuifolia world distribution map, present in Belarus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Ecuador, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Moldova (Republic of), Mexico, Nicaragua, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, El Salvador, Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:252177-1
WFO ID wfo-0000094769
COL ID 54JT5
BDTFX ID 103528
INPN ID 717878
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tagetes oligocephala Tagetes ernstii Tagetes microglossa Tagetes macroglossa Tagetes peduncularis Tagetes jaliscensis var. minor Tagetes tenuifolia