Tagetes minuta
Tagetes micrantha
little marigold, miniature marigold, muster john Henry, southern marigold, stinking roger, stinkweed, wild marigold
licorice marigold
blades 80–150+ mm overall, lobes or leaflets 9–17+, narrowly lanceolate to lance-linear, 12–25(–50+) × (2–)4–7+ mm.
blades 10–25(–35+) overall, lobes or leaflets 0 or 3–5, linear to filiform, 10–25(–35+) × 0.5–1.5+ mm.
1–5+ mm.
10–50+ mm.
7–10+ × 1.5–3 mm.
9–12+ × 1–2 mm.
1–3;
laminae yellow, ± ovate to elliptic, 1–2 mm.
0–1+;
laminae ochroleucous to yellowish, ± oblong, 1.5–2.5 mm.
3–5;
corollas 3–4 mm.
5–6+;
corollas 2.5–3.5 mm.
in ± corymbiform clusters.
borne ± singly.
(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.
7 mm;
pappi of 2 ± subulate-aristate scales 4–5+ mm plus 2 distinct, oblong to ovate, ± erose scales 1.5–2.5 mm.
= 48.
= 24.
Tagetes minuta
Tagetes micrantha
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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