African Marigold (Tagetes erecta)

Family: Asteraceae or Compositae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Orange, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early fall, Late summer, Late spring, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring foods. — The petals of the flowers of some varieties can be eaten.; The fresh receptacle is eaten by children.; A yellow dye obtained from the flowers can be used as a saffron substitute for colouring and flavouring foods.; The plant is used as a condiment.

Habitat & North American Range

Grows in the pine-oak forest zone. A garden escape in the USA where it grows along the sides of roads. (Zone 2)