Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Dyssodia papposa (Ventenat) Hitchcock
(Fetid Marigold)


Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Boebera papposa (Ventenat) Rydberg
Tagetes papposa Ventenat

Dyssodia papposa is a very aromatic, short, mid-elevation herb. It has small yellow flowers on stiff thin branches with short pinnatifid leaves with linear segments. When lightly crushed, the very glandular flower heads have a distinct aroma. It is common to pull over into a roadside turnout and wonder where the aroma is coming from-- to find that the tires ran over one or more of these plants.
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Dyssodia papposa, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Sept. 4, 2007



Dyssodia papposa, glands on inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Oct. 5, 2007



Dyssodia papposa, achenes, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Oct. 5, 2007


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