Mexican sunflower pictures

Mexican sunflower
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  • Mexican sunflower
  • Mexican sunflower
  • Tithonia rotundiflora
  • Mexican sunflower

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Common Name:Mexican sunflower

Botanical Name: Tithonia rotundifolia

Synonym: Tagetes rotundifolia,Tithonia speciosa

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Tithonia

Species: rotundifolia

Height: 4-6ft.(1.2-1.8m)

Plant Type: Annuals

Bloom Time: Late Summer/Early Fall

Flower Color: Orange,Red

Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia rotundifolia) produces bright dahlia like flowers in orange, yellow and brilliant red. It also makes a good cut flower and may attract butterflies.