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Tagetes lucida
Also called Sweet Mace, Mexican Mint Marigold, Mexican Tarragon, Texas Tarragon, Sweet Marigold, Sweet Scent Mexican Marigold, Sweet Scent Marigold
Tagetes lucida is a perennial herb from Mexico and Central America grown for its tarragon-like, anise-scented leaves and as a medicinal plant. Give it full sun to light shade and well-drained soil.
Tagetes lucida is a perennial plant native to Mexico and Central America. It is used as a medicinal plant and as a culinary herb. The leaves have a tarragon-like scent, with hints of anise, and it has entered the nursery trade in North America as a tarragon substitute. Common names include sweetscented marigold, Mexican marigold, Mexican mint marigold, Mexican tarragon, sweet mace, Texas tarragon, pericón, yerbaniz, and hierbanís.
The plant contains the following compounds:
Anethole
Tagetes epapposa · Aztec marigold · Tagetes mendocina · Muster John Henry · Tagetes oaxacana · French marigold · Signet Marigold · Marigold
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tagetes lucida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
