Tagetes patula

French marigold
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tagetes
Species:
T. patula
Binomial name
Tagetes patula
Synonyms[1][2]
Tagetes patula - MHNT

Tagetes patula, the French marigold,[3][4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and Guatemala[5] with several naturalised populations in many other countries. It is widely cultivated as an easily grown bedding plant, with thousands of different cultivars in brilliant shades of yellow and orange.

Some authorities regard Tagetes patula as a synonym of Tagetes erecta, the Mexican marigold.[6]

  1. ^ "Tagetes patula". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  2. ^ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. "PLANTS Database". Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tagetes patula". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ^ Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 154-155
  6. ^ "Tagetes patula". The Plant List. Retrieved 1 December 2018.