French marigold - cheerful, lively, always in high spirits
French marigold is an annual herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae, genus Tagetes. The stem is erect, with branches spreading at an angle. The leaves are pinnately divided, the flower heads are solitary, the tubular florets have yellow corollas, the achenes are linear, and the flowering period is from July to September. It is native to Mexico. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, growing on mountain slopes and grasslands at an altitude of 750-1600m, in forests, or cultivated in gardens. It has medicinal value. The whole plant of French marigold can be used as medicine, harvested in summer and autumn, used fresh or dried in the sun. Its nature and flavor are bitter, neutral. It has the effects of clearing heat and draining dampness, and relieving cough. It is used for cough, dysentery, whooping cough, toothache, and wind-fire eye pain; externally it is used for mumps and breast pain.
French marigold
Annual herb, 30-100 cm tall, stem erect, usually branched near the base, branches spreading at an angle. Leaves pinnately divided, 2-9 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, lobes linear-lanceolate, margins serrate, tooth tips often with long fine awns, tooth bases usually with 1 gland. Flower heads solitary, 3.5-4 cm in diameter, peduncle 5-6.5 cm long, slightly thickened at the apex; involucre 1.5 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, oblong, with sharp teeth at the upper end, glandular-punctate; ray florets golden yellow or orange, with red markings; ligules nearly round, 8-10 mm long, 6-7 mm wide, slightly concave at the apex; tubular florets with yellow corollas, 10-14 mm long, equal in length to the pappus, with 5 tooth-like lobes. Achenes linear, narrowed at the base, 8-12 mm long, black, covered with short soft hairs, pappus scale-like, of which 1-2 are long awn-like, 2-3 are short and blunt. Flowering period July-September.
French marigold
Legend:
French marigold originally had a common name called "sunflower". Later it was "taken away" by the sunflower. Its flowers have the habit of opening at sunrise and closing tightly at sunset, and it grows in a heliotropic manner. Therefore its flower language is "clear weather", extended to mean "cheerful, lively". Anyone born under the blessing of this flower never acts indecisively!
French marigold