Tagetes minuta
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Full name: | Tagetes minuta L. |
| Location: | Kyffhäuser (2416AD + 2416CB) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Kakiebos, Lang kakiebos, Klein afrikaner, Stinkbos |
| English common name(s): | Wild marigold, Stinking roger, Tall khaki weed, Mexican marigold, Khaki bush |
| Synonym(s): | Tagetes glandulifera Schrank Tagetes glandulosa Link |
| Status: | Alien |
| Description: | An erect, woody, annual, herbaceous weed, up to 2 m tall. Stems are unbranched or branching repeatedly in the upper parts, grooved or ridged. Stems are green at first, but changes to brownish or yellowish after flowering. The leaves are pinnately dissected into 4 to 6 pairs of pinnae. Plants produce clusters of up to 80 cylindrical flower heads in a panicle-like inflorescence. The heads are 10–15 mm long, enclosed by 4 or 5, fused involucral bracts. Each head generally contains about 3 ray florets with short, broad, lemon-coloured lamina and 3 disc florets. Fruits are narrow, cylindrical and usually dark brown. It flowers and fruits in summer. (from https://pza.sanbi.org/tagetes-minuta) Strongly scented erect annual, which may grow up to 2 m but usually smaller. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets linear to narrowly lanceolate, glabrous with sunken oil glands; margins serrate. Inflorescences terminal with numerous tube-like capitula, consisting of a few pale yellow florets. (from Flora of Zimbabwe website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 01 May 2011 |
| Camera make: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-FZ45 |
| Lens aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/60 s |
| ISO speed: | 125 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
