any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays
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tithonia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mexican sunflower |
| Type of | flower |
Examples of tithonia
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Like tithonia, castor beans reach 6 feet in height and would be 6 feet in width if I let them be.
From the thestate.com
The Mexican sunflower or tithonia is quite different, forming a bushy mound of small orange flowers.
From the washingtonpost.com
Tithonia is especially effective when partnered with yellow-blooming perennials like Heliopsis, Rudbeckia, and goldenrod.
From the dailyherald.com
Tithonia, or Mexican sunflower, has orange daisylike flowers that begin blooming in July and continue their brilliant bloom until frost.
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- Mexican sunflower: any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays
- Tithonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 11 species, with a center of distribution in Mexico but with one species extending into the Southwestern United States and several extending into Central America. Two species, T. diversifolia and T. ...
- In the geological timescale the Tithonian is the latest age of the Late Jurassic epoch or the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic series. It spans the time between 152.1 u00B1 4 Ma and 145.0 u00B1 4 Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Kimmeridgian and followed by the Berriasian stage (part of the Cretaceous).
