Family: Compositae
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Tagetes praetermissa (Strother) H.Rob.
Determinations:
Name Det. qual. Type of det. Det. based on specimen Det. by and when Institution
Vilobia praetermissa StrotherDet.E00433346 27th December 1967University Herbarium,University of California (UC)
Isotype of Vilobia praetermissa Strother
Collector/Expedition: Balls, Edward Kent
Collection number: 6183
Collection date: 8th March 1939
Country/Territory: Bolivia:Chuquisaca
Locality as recorded by collector: S. Bolivia
Habitat: Growing in rather stony ground on edges of cultivation near to irrigation canals and vegetable garden.
Description: A weed of cultivation. Flowers with pale yellow rays, almost un-noticeable. Involucre green, purple tipped. Narrow heads held stiffly upright in small 'bunches' on fairly wide-spreading plants. The tops about 12' across. Stiff upright habit bushy from a single stem which branches at about 4' from the ground. To 18' tall. Slightly aromatic.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00433346
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Number of sheets: 1
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