Tagetes minuta
Tagetes lemmonii
little marigold, miniature marigold, muster john Henry, southern marigold, stinking roger, stinkweed, wild marigold
Lemmon's marigold
blades 80–150+ mm overall, lobes or leaflets 9–17+, narrowly lanceolate to lance-linear, 12–25(–50+) × (2–)4–7+ mm.
blades 50–70(–120+) mm overall, lobes or leaflets (3–)5–7+, lance-elliptic to lanceolate, 15–30(–45) × 3–7(–10+) mm.
1–5+ mm.
10–50 mm.
7–10+ × 1.5–3 mm.
8–10 × 5–7 mm.
1–3;
laminae yellow, ± ovate to elliptic, 1–2 mm.
(3–)5–8+;
laminae yellow, ± oblong, 9–15+ mm.
3–5;
corollas 3–4 mm.
12–30+;
corollas 6–7 mm.
in ± corymbiform clusters.
in ± corymbiform arrays.
(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.
5–6 mm;
pappi of 0–5 lanceolate- to subulate-aristate scales 2.5–3+ mm plus 5+ lanceolate to oblong, ± erose scales 0.5–1 mm, distinct or connate, linear-oblong, ± erose scales 2–6+ mm.
= 48.
= 24.
Tagetes minuta
Tagetes lemmonii
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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