Tagetes erecta
Tagetes minuta
African marigold, African or French marigold, American marigold, Aztec marigold, French marigold, French or African marigold, Mexican marigold
little marigold, miniature marigold, muster john Henry, southern marigold, stinking roger, stinkweed, wild marigold
blades 30–120(–250+) mm overall, principal lobes/leaflets 9–25, lanceolate to lance-linear, 15–25(–45+) × 3–8(–12+) mm.
blades 80–150+ mm overall, lobes or leaflets 9–17+, narrowly lanceolate to lance-linear, 12–25(–50+) × (2–)4–7+ mm.
30–100(–150+) mm.
1–5+ mm.
10–22+ × (3–)5–12+ mm.
7–10+ × 1.5–3 mm.
(3–)5–8+ (to 100+ in “double” cultivars);
laminae yellow to orange, red-brown (sometimes particolored: yellow/red-brown), or white (some cultivars), ± flabellate to oval-quadrate, (2–)12–18(–25+) mm.
1–3;
laminae yellow, ± ovate to elliptic, 1–2 mm.
(10–)50–120+;
corollas 7–12+ mm.
3–5;
corollas 3–4 mm.
borne ± singly.
in ± corymbiform clusters.
6–11 mm;
pappi of 0–2, ± subulate-aristate scales 6–12+ mm plus 2–4 distinct or connate, linear-oblong, ± erose scales 2–6+ mm.
(4.5–)6–7+ mm;
pappi of 1–2 ± subulate scales 2–3+ mm plus 3–5 distinct, ovate to lanceolate scales 0.5–1 mm.
= 24, 48.
= 48.
Tagetes erecta
Tagetes minuta
Cultivars of Tagetes erecta are widely grown in gardens and, commercially, for cut flowers. They often persist after abandoned plantings. Tetraploid plants (2n = 48) with smaller involucres and wholly or partially red-brown corollas included here in T. erecta have been called T. patula by some botanists.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Tagetes minuta is widely cultivated for use as a condiment and has become widely established or persists after plantings.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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