Mexican sunflower
காட்டுச் சூரியகாந்தி
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.5 m
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Also called Tree marigold, Yellow Mexican Sunflower
Formerly Helianthus quinquelobus, Mirasolia diversifolia
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to C. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 m to 3.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orangeRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Acahual, Mirasol, Tora
- myn
- chak-suum
- Portuguese
- Margaridão, Girassol-mexicano
- Chinese
- 王爺葵, 腫柄菊 假向日葵, 五爪金英
- Finnish
- aurinkotitonia
- Japanese
- ニトベギク, キダチメキシコヒマワリ
- Indonesian
- Kipait, Kembang Bulan
- Chinese (China)
- 肿柄菊
- root
- Paitan, Umbabane, ބޮޑު މިރިހި
- Afrikaans
- Mexikaanse Sonneblom
- Thai
- บัวตอง
- Russian
- Титония разнолистная
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- 3D model: Tithonia diversifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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