2. BOTANICAL NAME  T AGETES SPECIES

3. PRONUNCIATION  TA - je - teez

4. COMMON NAME  African Marigold

5. FAMILY  Compositae

7. Life Cycle  Annual

8. Growth Habit  Bedding Plant  Shrub-like

10. Height and Width  Ranges in sizes from 6” round to 3 feet tall and wide

11. ARRANGEMENT  Opposite

12. Leaf Shape and Size  Elliptical  Length 3” - 6”  Width 2” - 4”

13. MARGIN  Serrated (toothed)

14. VEINS  Pinnate

15. COMPOSITION  Pinnately compound

17. FLOWER  Spring to frost  Yellow, orange, white

19. FRUIT  Clusters of seeds  Seed in flower head

20. Enviornment  Sun

21. USE  Bedding plant

22. DESCRIPTION  Highly aromatic  sp. ERECTA - African small  sp. PATULA - French

23. CULTURAL PRACTICES  Propagate by seed

24. PROBLEMS  Powdery mildew

25. ZONES  Annual

26. NATIVE OF:  Mexico