| Scientific Name: | Tagetes patula ( syn. T. erecta ) |
| Common Name: | French marigold |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Central America, Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Odd-pinnate, Linear, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Orange, Yellow, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Black, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Glabrous compact annual, most 20-30(-50)cm tall, stems angular; leaves pinnately compound 5-10cm long; leaflets narrow, lance-shaped, toothed, 1-3cm long; stems are hairless; flower heads solitary, 2.5-5cm wide, in shades of yellow, orange, red and bicolor, comprised of ruffled ray florets surrounding several disc florets; aromatic when crushed. | |