Asteraceae
French marigold
Tagetes patula
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Tagetes
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- مخملية منفتحة
- arz
- مخمليه منفتحه
- Belarusian
- Аксаміткі адхіленыя, Аксаміткі распасцёртыя
- Chinese
- 孔雀草, 小万寿菊, 红黄草, 缎子花, 臭菊花, 西番菊, 法國萬壽菊
- Czech
- Aksamitník rozkladitý
- Danish
- Udspærret Fløjlsblomst
- English
- French marigold, French marigold 'Dainty Marietta'
- Estonian
- Madal peiulill
- Finnish
- Ryhmäsamettikukka
- French
- Œillet d'Inde
- Greek
- Κατιφές
- Hungarian
- Kis büdöske
- Korean
- 프렌치메리골드
- Lithuanian
- Gvazdikinis serentis
- Macedonian
- Разложена кадифка, Разложено џунџуле
- Malayalam
- ഫ്രഞ്ച് മാരിഗോൾഡ്
- Manipuri
- ꯐ꯭ꯔꯦꯟ꯭ꯆ ꯁꯅꯥꯔꯩ
- nah
- Tlapaltecacayahtli
- Persian
- جعفری پاکوتاه مینیاتوری
- Polish
- Aksamitka rozpierzchła
- Russian
- Бархатцы мелкоцветные, Бархатцы отклонённые, Тагетес отклонённый
- Sindhi
- گل جعفري
- szl
- Sztudyntki
- Tajik
- Бахмалгул
- Turkish
- Kadife çiçeği
- Ukrainian
- Чорнобривці розлогі
- Urdu
- گیندائے فرشیہ
- Vietnamese
- Cúc vạn thọ Pháp, Cúc vạn thọ, Vạn thọ
- Welsh
- Gold Ffrainc
Flowers
- In flower
- August to November (from 281 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: jack12347, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Murray Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emad Tahaei, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mel letterman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Usmonov Gayrat, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.