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Tagetes patula

Tagetes patula close up of flowers, St Lukes Road, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 10/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Tagetes patula plant, St Lukes Road, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 10/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Self-established between footpath & wall; Bell Street, Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/12/2014, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Self-established in crack between footpath and wall, Bell St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 04/12/2014, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

French marigold

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Flower colours

Brown, Orange, Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Tagetes patula L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1968

Origin

Mexico

Other information

Etymology

patula: Spreading