Tagetes lucida

Common names: Sweet-scented Tagetes, Chili Marigold, Sweet Mace, Sweet-scented Marigold, Sweet Scented Mexican Marigold

Genus: Tagetes

Species: Tagetes lucida

Class: Syngenesia

Order: Polygamia Superflua

Authority: Cavanilles

Modern Genus: Tagetes

Modern Species: Tagetes lucida

Modern Family: Compositae

Plant Type: perennial

Color: yellow

Season: late summer

Native Region: Mexico, Guatemala

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum