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French marigold

Tagetes patula, the French marigold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and Guatemala with several naturalised populations in many other countries. It is widely cultivated as an easily grown bedding plant with hundreds of cultivars, which often have bright yellow to orange flowers.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Tagetes patula
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tagetes
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Asterales
Habit: herb