Latin name: Tagetes lemmonii A. Gray
  Pronunciation: ta-JEE-tees LEM-on-ee-eye

  Common name: Mexican bush marigold
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Garden escape or in cultivation, native to
  Arizona and northern Mexico

  Blooming period: Winter and spring
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Tagetes
  2) lemmonii
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