tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
Marigold, Tagetes patula, although this is likely a hybrid.
Photographed on Manhattan's Upper West Side
on West 83rd street, across from the post office.
Marigolds are part of the genus, Tagetes, which comprises 52 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae or Compositae). Marigolds are native to the region stretching from southwestern United States to Mexico and south throughout South America.
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