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The large, showy honey-scented flowers [6] are yellow to orange colored, 5–15 cm wide and 10–30 cm long. [7] Flowering occurs in spring, though more profusely during autumn and early winter. [8] Its seeds are spread through way of wind, water, and animals. [9] The seeds are achenes, 4-angled, and 5mm long. [10]
Tagetes erecta, the Aztec marigold, Mexican marigold, big marigold, cempaxochitl or cempasúchil, [2] [3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tagetes native to Mexico and Guatemala. [4] Despite being native to the Americas, it is often called the African marigold .
Tagetes minuta is a tall upright marigold plant from the genus Tagetes, with small flowers, native to the southern half of South America. [2] Since Spanish colonization, it has been introduced around the world, and has become naturalized in Europe, Asia, Australasia, North America, and Africa. [2] Tagetes minuta has numerous local names that ...
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Tagetes minuta, native to southern South America, is a tall, upright marigold plant with small flowers used as a culinary herb in Peru, Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Bolivia, where it is called by the Incan term huacatay.
Ursinia anthemoides or solar fire is an annual, herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Ursinia, [2] native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1] It has yellow or orange daisy-like inflorescences. [2] [3] Fruits have both pappus and hairs, making the seeds easily dispersed by wind. [4] There are two known subspecies: [1] Ursinia ...
Overly fertile soil may cause the plants to become bushy and produce less flowers. Marigolds come in a variety of colours, but mostly yellows and oranges, flowering in the middle of summer. They can be planted outside when there is risk of frost. They can be purchased from most nurseries, and seeds are readily available in stores.
The Aizoaceae (/ eɪ z oʊ ˈ eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /), or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1,800 species. [2] Several genera are commonly known as 'ice plants' or 'carpet weeds'. The Aizoaceae are also referred to as vygies in South Africa.