Scientific Name:	Tagetes patula
Pronunciation:	tuh-JEE-teez PAT-you-luh
Common Name:	French marigold
Family Name:	Asteraceae
Plant Type:	Annual
Key ID Features:	Leaves pinnately compound to 10cm long; leaflets are narrow, lance-shaped and toothed; stems are hairless; flower heads solitary, comprised of ruffled ray florets surrounding several disc florets.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, HORT 1193/1293, CLT Training

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.1 - 0.2m Spread: 0.1 - 0.3m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: South America Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Summer interest Additional Info: Google. May be hybridized with African marigold.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate, Basal Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Distinctive smell, Glabrous Compound Leaf: Odd-pinnate Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Serrulate

Inflorescence Type: Head (capitulum) Flower Morphology: Corolla Shape: Ligulate Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow, Orange Flower Scent: Spicy Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Fruit Type: Cypsela (achene + calyx) Fruit Colour: Brown, Black Fruiting Time: Oct, Nov Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour: Green

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	High
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Rabbit resistant

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed Location Map

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