Tagetes micrantha
Tagetes erecta
licorice marigold
African marigold, African or French marigold, American marigold, Aztec marigold, French marigold, French or African marigold, Mexican marigold
blades 10–25(–35+) overall, lobes or leaflets 0 or 3–5, linear to filiform, 10–25(–35+) × 0.5–1.5+ mm.
blades 30–120(–250+) mm overall, principal lobes/leaflets 9–25, lanceolate to lance-linear, 15–25(–45+) × 3–8(–12+) mm.
10–50+ mm.
30–100(–150+) mm.
9–12+ × 1–2 mm.
10–22+ × (3–)5–12+ mm.
0–1+;
laminae ochroleucous to yellowish, ± oblong, 1.5–2.5 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.
5–6+;
corollas 2.5–3.5 mm.
(10–)50–120+;
corollas 7–12+ mm.
borne ± singly.
borne ± singly.
7 mm;
pappi of 2 ± subulate-aristate scales 4–5+ mm plus 2 distinct, oblong to ovate, ± erose scales 1.5–2.5 mm.
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.
= 24.
= 24, 48.
Tagetes micrantha
Tagetes erecta
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.)
- Local floras:
CA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Go Botany, 
IL Wildflowers, 
KS Wildflowers, 
LA Plants, 
MD Biodiversity, 
MO Plants 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
