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Tagetes patula
Sign in to saveAlso known as French marigold 'Dainty Marietta'
species in the daisy family (Asteraceae)
Species
French marigold
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Observations recorded4,781
Common Name: French marigold
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,071
- With media
- 716
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, CICY, UACH, CIBYC-UAEM, IBUNAM, FC-UNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- annual plant
- Parent taxon
- Tagetes
- Image
- French marigold.jpg
- Has use
- food
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- Commons category
- Tagetes erecta
- taxon name
- Tagetes patula
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons gallery
- Tagetes patula
- taxon common name
- 小万寿菊
- has fruit type
- achene
- flower color
- yellow
- described by source
- National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
- invasive to
- China
- taxon range
- Gabon
- short name
- T. patula
- taxon author citation
- L.
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Tagetes patula - MHNT
Tagetes patula, the French marigold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and Guatemala with several naturalised populations in many other countries. It is widely cultivated as an easily grown bedding plant with hundreds of cultivars, which often have bright yellow to orange flowers.
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