Annuals, 30-100(-180+) cm. Leaf blades 80-150+ mm overall, lobes or leaflets 9-17+, narrowly lanceolate to lance-linear, 12-25(-50+) × (2-)4-7+ mm. Heads in ± corymbiform clusters. Peduncles 1-5+ mm. Involucres 7-10+ × 1.5-3 mm. Ray florets 1-3; laminae yellow, ± ovate to elliptic, 1-2 mm. Disc florets 3-5; corollas 3-4 mm. Cypselae (4.5-)6-7+ mm; pappi of 1-2 ± subulate scales 2-3+ mm plus 3-5 distinct, ovate to lanceolate scales 0.5-1 mm. 2n = 48. Flowering Sep-Oct. Disturbed sites; 0-100+ m; introduced; Ala., Calif., Conn., Fla., Ga., Md., Mass., N.C., Pa., S.C., Va.; South America. Tagetes minuta is widely cultivated for use as a condiment and has become widely established or persists after plantings.

Plant: Robust annual forb to 2 m Leaves: leaves opposite, compound, 4-7 cm long, conspicuously gland-dotted; leaflets lance-linear, coarsely serrate Flowers: flower head numerous and terminal, narrow and elongate, ~1cm tall; disk flowers cream, ray flowers yellow.