Tagetes Erecta Daspethya Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Tagetes erecta is an annual herb that has been commercialized worldwide as an ornamental plant and as a source of natural pigments from its yellow/orange flowers. This species persists after areas where it has been planted are abandoned, and it has also successfully escaped from cultivation. It can often be found growing in a wide range of anthropogenic habitats where vegetation is regularly disturbed or maintained at early successional stages, such as roadsides, ruderal sites and pastures. Tagetes erecta produces large numbers of seed, is able grow in many climates and soils types and, once established, it can very quickly form dense populations that outcompete and displace native vegetation and other desired plant species.