🌸 Flower
ANX-FLOWER-0000002
African Marigold
Tagetes erecta
African Marigold (Tagetes erecta), an annual bedding and cut flower of the Asteraceae family, widely used as a companion plant.
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- Asteraceae
- Plant type
- Annual
- Bloom color
- Yellow, orange, gold
- Bloom season
- Summer to first frost
- Mature height
- 30-100 cm cm
- Sun requirements
- Full sun
- Fragrance
- Pungent, musky scent
- Native region
- Mexico and Central America
Growing
Growing Conditions
- Water requirements
- Moderate, drought-tolerant once established.
- Climate requirements
- Warm temperate to tropical; frost-sensitive.
- Soil types
- Tolerates poor soils; prefers well-drained ground.
- Propagation method
- Seed
Ecology
Pollinators & Toxicity
- Pollinator value
- Attracts bees and butterflies; often interplanted with vegetables to deter nematodes and certain pests.
- Toxicity
- Mildly toxic if ingested in quantity by pets.
Use
Uses & Economic Importance
- Uses
- Bedding/ornamental, cut flowers, companion planting, garlands (South Asian festivals/ceremonies)
- Economic importance
- A major cut-flower and garland crop in South Asia; also used commercially as a natural pigment source (lutein) in poultry feed.
Trade