Tagetes erecta 'Signet' – Signet Marigold

Nectar Plant

Jamides alecto – Metallic Cerulean
Acraea terpsicore – Tawny Coster
Hypolimnas misippus – Danaid Eggfly
Junonia almana – Peacock Pansy
Junonia atlites – Grey Pansy
Junonia orithya – Blue Pansy
Parantica aglea – Glassy Tiger

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Other notes

Older Name: Tagetes elongata Willd. (Flowers of India, 2022).

 

Note: Tagetes patula – French Marigold is a different hybrid of marigold with yellow variegated brown flowers (NC State Extension, 2022).

 

References:

WFO (2022): World Flora Online. Accessed on 27 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000082627.

Flowers of India (2022). Accessed on 27 Dec 2022. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Elongate%20Marigold.html.

NC State Extension (2022). Accessed on 27 Dec 2022. URL: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/tagetes-patula/.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Tagetes erecta 'Signet' L. – Signet Marigold. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/tagetes-erecta-signet, accessed 2024/04/25.