Common name
English: Mexican sunflower
German: Mexikanische Sonnenblume
Mandarin: 肿柄菊 (zhong bing ju)
Portuguese: Girassol mexicano
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Asterales (224)
Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)
Genus: Tithonia (1)
Epithet: diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray (1)
Synonyms: Helianthus quinquelobus Sessé & Moc., Mirasolia diversifolia Hemsl.
diversifolia => with different leaves, variable foliage
quinquelobus => five-lobed
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: yellow