1. BOTANICAL NAME
TAGETES SPECIES

2. PRONUNCIATION
TA - je - teez

3. COMMON NAME
African Marigold

4. FAMILY
Compositae

6. Life Cycle
Annual

7. Growth Habit
Bedding Plant
Shrub-like

9. Height and Width
Ranges in sizes from 6” round to 3 feet tall and wide

10. ARRANGEMENT
Opposite

11. Leaf Shape and Size
Elliptical
Length 3” - 6”
Width 2” - 4”

12. MARGIN
Serrated (toothed)

13. VEINS
Pinnate

14. COMPOSITION
Pinnately compound

16. FLOWER
Spring to frost
Yellow, orange, white

18. FRUIT
Clusters of seeds
Seed in flower head

19. Enviornment
Sun

20. USE
Bedding plant

21. DESCRIPTION Highly aromatic sp. ERECTA - African small
sp. PATULA - French

22. CULTURAL PRACTICES
Propagate by seed

23. PROBLEMS
Powdery mildew

24. ZONES
Annual

25. NATIVE OF:
Mexico