Species
Southern marigold
Tagetes minuta
Varieties
1 entriesTagetes minuta is an annual Asteraceae with divided leaves and small, narrow flower heads. Tagetes minuta has white flowers.
Botanical characteristics
Each head contains only a few disc and ray florets, quite unlike the broad display of many bedding marigolds. The epithet minuta should not be read as a promise of a dwarf plant.
Small heads, not a dwarf label
Chiquilla is the listed T. minuta reference for seed resellers and garden centres.
At a glance
Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Tagetes minuta
- Common names
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- aztec marigold, chinchilho, chinchilla enana, cinchilho, coari-bravo, cravo-bravo, cravo-de-defunto, cravo-de-urubú, cravo-do-mato, dwarf marigold, erva-fedorenta, geelgroen afrikaantje, gold y de, huacatay, hvidgul fløjlsblomst, kabuga, khakibush, mexican marigold, mexikanische studentenblume, minute marigold, mirigyes büdöske, muster john henry, nyiramunukanabi, rabo-de-foguete, shiozakis&omacr
- , southern marigold, stinking-roger, stinktagetes, tagete puzzolente, tagetes katan, tagète, tagète des décombres, urumogi, vara-de-rojão, wild marigold, טגטס קטן, 만수국아재비
- Synonyms
- Tagetes bonariensis, Tagetes glandulifera, Tagetes glandulosa, Tagetes montana, Tagetes porophyllum, Tagetes tinctoria
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Tagetes
- Species
- Tagetes minuta