Tagetes minuta

Species category

Weed

Common name

muster John Henry, wild marigold, marigold, stinkweed

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

Linear

Size

  • Length 8–9 mm 
  • Width 0.4–0.7 mm 
  • Thickness 0.4–0.7 mm 

Color

Black with a yellow base

Texture

Covered with appressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
short hairs

Other structures

Remnants of scaly pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
, large collar, and lateral scar present.

Identification notes

AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
are very long and thin. Remnant of the pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
scales usually persists. The scar is pointed and located on a lateral side of the base. Some angular longitudinal ridges are present.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: California, Hawaii 

AOSA examination list

Not included

More information

For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Tagetes minuta L.

Synonyms

Tagetes bonariensis Pers.
Tagetes glandulifera Schrank
Tagetes glandulosa Schrank ex Link
Tagetes porophylla Vell.

 Tagetes minuta.  Long and thin achenes with remnants of the pappus scales.
Tagetes minuta. Long and thin achenes with remnants of the pappus scales.