Botanical name: Tagetes erecta
- [ (TAG-e-teez) or (ta-JEE-teez) named for Tages, an Etruscan god who sprang up from ploughed earth; (ee-RECK-tuh) erect, upright ]
Family: Asteraceae or alternatively Compositeae (aster, daisy, or sunflower family)
- [ (ass-ter-AY-see-ay) the aster (daisy) family; formerly Compositae ]
Origin: Mexico and Central America
Hundreds of varieties of marigold have been developed for the garden over the last few hundred years. These plants were brought from the new world to Europe in the 16th century and plant hybridizers have been busy with them ever since.
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