| Description | Mexican Marigold (Tagetes minuta) Much different than the garden Marigolds we are used to growing. Can reach over 6 feet tall and the small yellow flowers are not very ornamental. Grown for herbal and medicinal purposes. |
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| Plant Type | Annuals, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | not frost tolerant |
| Flowers | small, yellow, for me in Zone #5 they started to show some bud color end of September early October, but cold weather and light frost never allowed them to open (2020) |
| Leaves | pinnately compound, thinner wider spaces leaflets than many of our modern-day hybrids |
| Dimensions | in my garden, they reached over 6 feet tall by 2.5 to 3-foot spread, reported to reach 10 feet in warmer hardiness zones |
| Maintenance | for being a tall plant it has not needed to be staked me |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | the southern half of South America |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Stinking Rodgers Marigold, Southern Cone Marigold, Muster-John-Henry, Mexican Marigold, Peruvian Black Mint |
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