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Tagetes patula
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Outside Mutare Boys High
Photo: Bart Wursten
Outside Mutare Boys High
Photo: Bart Wursten
Outside Mutare Boys High
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| Common names: | French marigold (English) |
| Description: | Strongly aromatic, erect annual herb up to 60 cm tall. Leaves elliptic in outline, deeply pinnately lobed; lobes strongly serrate. Capitula with broadly ovate ray florets, emarginate at the apex, yellow to deeply orange-red, with or without darker markings. |
| Notes: | It is widely cultivated as a garden ornamental and is known as an occasional naturalised escape. Note: The specimen in the photographs, clearly naturalised along a degraded stretch of road, is a first record for the Eastern Division. |
| Derivation of specific name: | patula: spreading |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Rhodogastria amasis (Food plant) spilosoma lineata (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 728. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 28. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 33. Pope, G.V. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 6. Helenieae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 116 - 118. (Includes a picture). |
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