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| latin_name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| latin_name = ''Tithonia''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image = Tithonia diversifolia.JPG
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| image_caption = Tithonia diversifolia
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
| classis = <!--- Class -->
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
| ordo = <!--- Order -->
|unranked_ordo = Asterids
| familia = <!--- Family -->
|ordo = Asterales
| genus =
|familia = Asteraceae
|genus = Tithonia
}}
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Tithonia (of mythological derivation; Tithonus was the favorite of Aurora). Compositae. Robust half-hardy annuals sometimes shrubby at base: lvs. alternate, petioled, entire or 3-lobed: heads large, on a long thickened peduncle, heterogamous; ray-fls. neuter, disk-fls. perfect and fertile; involucre hemispherical or broadly campanulate; receptacle convex; corolla yellow, ray-fls. ligulate, disk-fls. tubular, 5-toothed: achenes somewhat pilose.—About 10 species, Mex., Cent. Amer., and W. Indies.
Tithonia (of mythological derivation; Tithonus was the favorite of Aurora). Compositae. Robust half-hardy annuals sometimes shrubby at base: lvs. alternate, petioled, entire or 3-lobed: heads large, on a long thickened peduncle, heterogamous; ray-fls. neuter, disk-fls. perfect and fertile; involucre hemispherical or broadly campanulate; receptacle convex; corolla yellow, ray-fls. ligulate, disk-fls. tubular, 5-toothed: achenes somewhat pilose.—About 10 species, Mex., Cent. Amer., and W. Indies.
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==Species==
==Species==
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Species include:
*''[[Tithonia calva]]''
*''[[Tithonia diversifolia]]'' (tree marigold)
*''[[Tithonia rotundifolia]]''
*''[[Tithonia thurberi]]'' <small>Gray</small> (Arizona sunflower weed)
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
