Aztec marigold
Tagetes erecta
Aztec marigold,African or french marigold,African Marigold,American Marigold,Big Marigold,Mexican Marigold,Marigold,Flor de muerto,ruda,osa de muerto,clavelina.
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Description
It is a herbaceous annual or perennial whose height ranges from 30–110 cm. The root is cylindrical, pivoting, with a fibrous and shallow branching system. The stem is striated, sometimes ridged, smooth or slightly with villi, cylindrical, oval and herbaceous to slightly woody, with resin channels in the bark, which are aromatic when squeezed. Opposite leaves at the bottom alternate at the top, up to 20 cm long, pinnate, composed of 11 to 17 leaflets, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, up to 5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, acute to acuminate, serrated to sub-holders, the lower ones of each leaf frequently setiform (in the form of threads), the superiors are sometimes completely setiform; with abundant round glands.The main characteristic of the flowers is that they are grouped in small heads or in solitary inflorescences, on peduncles up to 15 cm long, they are liguladas of yellow colors to red. In the flowers of the disc: 150 to 250 in the simple heads, in the doubles it shows different degrees of transformation in ligules, yellow to orange corollas, of 8 to 10 mm in length. The fruits and seeds are: linear achenes 7 to 10 mm long, smooth or slightly covered with stiff hairs at the corners. 1 2 3 has a long flowering period extending throughout the summer and fall. It reproduces easily by seeds.
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Taxonomy
Order
Asterales
Family
Tagetes - Marigolds
Genus
Tagetes
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Summer
Plant Type
Annuals, Annual, Poisonous, Annual herb 0.4–1.8 m high.
Lifespan
Annual
Flower
Yellow, orange, mahogany, bronze, creamy white and bicolor; double solitary 2-6 in. flowers blooming on slender heads
Fruit
Achenes black, 7–10 mm long; pappus of 1–2 setae 6–12 mm long and 3–4 scales 3–5 mm long.
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How to Grow
Water
Average
Sunlight
Full Sun, Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day), Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Hummingbirds