Mexican Marigold at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Tagetes erecta | 3 Feb 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Tagetes erecta | 3 Feb 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Feb 2023 | trevorpreston |
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6 comments
natureguy
wrote:
2 Feb 2023
Thanks Trevor this is a really interesting sighting, the flowers look a lot like Coreopsis but the leaves look wrong for lanceolata so it could be a different species of Coreopsis or possibly Cosmos sulphureus, either way it could be something new for the ACT which is not good news.
natureguy
wrote:
2 Feb 2023
Actually a really good suggestion, the leaves reminded me a lot of Tagetes minuta but the flowers looked very wrong, but I agree that it could well be a different species of Tagetes that I'm not familiar with. It's always hard with new incursions since it probably escaped from a garden and there are tonnes of possibilities that are not in the normal range of what I'd be thinking about when moderating local plants.
trevorpreston
wrote:
3 Feb 2023
My first thought when I saw it was Tagetes, but not like any Tagetes I am familiar with.
Is there any other photo that would be helpful as I have not removed it yet?
Is there any other photo that would be helpful as I have not removed it yet?
natureguy
wrote:
3 Feb 2023
Thanks Michael, a little different to what I'm used to with that species, but I presume it can be quite variable as a garden hybrid/escapee. Thankfully not something too noxious, though Trevor it would probably be worth still removing
Location information
- Coordinates 149.013681-35.219574
- Altitude 584.0m
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Feb 2023 04:02 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
Additional information
- About 60mm Flower dimension
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Tagetes erecta Scientific name
- Mexican Marigold Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor Weed or Pest
- Up to 718m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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