I just want to comment that this has totally changed everything I thought I knew about tagetes, namely Tagetes patula and T. erecta!
So I was confused when I tried to accomplish various searches...
Here is what comes up when I search for Tagetes patula:
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
Here is what comes up when I search for African marigold:
http://garden.org/plants/searc...
Without going into detail - since I've always considered (and still do) that:
Tagetes patula is French marigold;
Tagetes erecta is African marigold;
this caused much confusion for me.
I guess it would help to add the following--
can we please add 'African marigold' to the common name list for Tagetes erecta
and add 'Tagetes patula' to the Botanical names list?
African Marigold (Tagetes erecta)
