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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 ...
Dimorphotheca sinuata, the glandular Cape marigold, [2] Namaqualand daisy, [3] or orange Namaqualand daisy; [4] syn. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca hort. [5]) is a species of plant native to southern Africa. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in parts of the United States, primarily California and Arizona. [6] [7]
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Dimorphotheca pluvialis, common names white African daisy, Cape marigold, weather prophet, [3] Cape rain-daisy, [4] ox-eye daisy, [5] Cape daisy [5] or rain daisy, [5] is a plant species native to South Africa and Namibia. [5] It is sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in California. [6] [7]
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.
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.