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|accepted_name=Tithonia diversifolia
|accepted_authority=(Hemsley) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=19: 5. 1883
|year=1883
}}
|common_names=Tree marigold;Mexican sunflowerweed
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mirasolia diversifolia
|authority=Hemsley
|publication_title=Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot.
|publication_place=2: 168, plate 47. 1881
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Helianthinae;Tithonia;Tithonia diversifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Helianthinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tithonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tithonia diversifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 139
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> subshrubs, or shrubs, to 250(–500) cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petioles 2–6 cm; blades ± deltate to pentagonal, 7–33 × 7–22 cm, sometimes 3- or 5-lobed, abaxial faces glabrous to hispid-pilose. <b>Peduncles</b> 7–24 cm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 16–28 in (3–)4 series, oblong to ovate; outer 6–10 × 4–7 mm, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces usually glabrous; inner 10–20 × 3–10 mm, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces glabrous. <b>Paleae</b> 10–13 × 2–3 mm, mucros 1.5–2.5 mm. <b>Ray</b> florets 7–14; corollas yellow, laminae linear, 48–69 × 9–16 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 80–120+. <b>Cypselae</b> 4–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Sep–Jan.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–20+ m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;also introduced in West Indies;Central America;Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Tithonia diversifolia</i> is widely cultivated in warm climates and may persist after plantings; a report for Louisiana was not confirmed for this treatment.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tithonia diversifolia
|author=
|authority=(Hemsley) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mirasolia diversifolia
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Sep–Jan.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–20+ m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;also introduced in West Indies;Central America;Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1883
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Helianthinae
|genus=Tithonia
|species=Tithonia diversifolia
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