| Description | Yellow Torch Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia) is a large annual with yellow daisy-like flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (tih-THO-nee-a)(ro-tun-dih-FOL-ia) |
| Plant Type | Annuals, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Growing Media | average |
| Flowers | daisy-like, yellow, attracts pollinators, borne on top of a fluted, fragile pedicel |
| Fruit | achenes |
| Leaves | alternate, coarse, may have 3-5 lobes, leaf surface has a velvet texture |
| Stems | thick, can be brittle and easily broken off at the base |
| Dimensions | 5 by 5 feet |
| Maintenance | produces a massive amount of flowers, making constant deadheading a must, may need staking |
| Propagation | easy by seeds |
| Native Site | Species plant is native to Central America |
| Author's Notes | I liked the size and continual bloom of this plant. It does need to be deadheaded constantly and is weak stemed, so support may be needed |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Armitage) |
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