Marigold flowers are large and carry beautiful symbolism

Marigold is an annual herbaceous plant of the genus Tagetes in the Asteraceae family, with an upright, stout stem bearing fine longitudinal ridges, and branches spreading upward. The leaves are pinnately parted; there are a few glands along the leaf margins. The flower heads are solitary; the involucre is cup-shaped with toothed tips at the apex; the ligulate flowers are yellow or dark orange; the tubular flowers have yellow corollas. The achenes are linear, narrowed at the base, black or brown, covered with short fine hairs; the pappus has 1-2 long awns and 2-3 short, blunt scales. The flowering period is July to September. Native to Mexico. Distributed throughout China. It can grow in areas at elevations of 1150 m to 1480 m, mostly on roadsides and in meadows.

Marigold

Ornamental:

Marigold is a common landscaping flower, with large blooms and a long flowering period, often used to accent flower beds and plazas, to arrange flower clusters and flower borders, and to cultivate flower hedges. Medium and dwarf varieties are suitable as materials for flower beds, flower paths and flower clusters, and can also be grown in pots; taller varieties can serve as background material or cut flowers.

Edible:

Marigold flowers can be eaten. They are a famous dish in floral cuisine: wash fresh marigold petals and dry them, then coat them in flour and deep-fry; their aroma is mouth-watering. Just like stinky tofu, it smells very pungent, but after deep-frying it is fragrant and also very delicious.

Marigold

Environmental:

The marigold plant has strong resistance to and absorption of gases such as hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide, and can also attract nematodes in the soil.

Marigold

Medicinal:

Root: bitter, cool. Detoxifies and reduces swelling. Used for upper respiratory tract infections, whooping cough, bronchitis, keratitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, toothache; externally for mumps, mastitis, and painful swollen sores. Leaf: sweet, cold. Used for carbuncles, sores, boils and furuncles, and unnamed swellings and toxins. Flower head: bitter, cool. Calms the liver and clears heat, dispels wind and resolves phlegm. Used for dizziness and vertigo, head wind and eye pain, infantile convulsions, colds and cough, whooping cough, breast pain, and mumps.