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'''''Tagetes lucida''''' (commonly called '''Pericón''', '''Mexican mint marigold''', '''Mexican tarragon''', '''Spanish tarragon''', or '''Texas tarragon''') is a half-hardy sub-shrub  native to [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]].  It is eaten as an [[herb]] and is commonly used as a substitute for [[tarragon]].  The leaves have a tarragon-like flavor, with hints of [[anise]].  In late summer or early fall, the plant bears large clusters of small yellow flowers{{wp}}.
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Tagetes lucida, Cav. Sweet-scented Marigold. A tender perennial plant, entirely distinct from the foregoing annuals in the sessile, lanceolate lvs. and small, usually 2-3-rayed fls. in dense, terminal corymbs. The fls. have a much more agreeable odor than the other species cult. Mex. B.M. 740. R.H. 1895, p. 505.—Sometimes used as a substitute for tarragon, which see.
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Tagetes lucida, Cav. Sweet-scented Marigold. A tender perennial plant, entirely distinct from the foregoing annuals in the sessile, lanceolate lvs. and small, usually 2-3-rayed fls. in dense, terminal corymbs. The fls. have a much more agreeable odor than the other species cult. Mex.—Sometimes used as a substitute for tarragon, which see.
 
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Tagetes lemmonii flower.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16. to 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width: ⇔ 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16. to 32 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 32.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Features: ✓ flowers, fragrance, edible
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Sunset Zones: 8-10, 12-24, 26-29
Flower features: ❀ orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Tagetes lucida (commonly called Pericón, Mexican mint marigold, Mexican tarragon, Spanish tarragon, or Texas tarragon) is a half-hardy sub-shrub native to Mexico and Central America. It is eaten as an herb and is commonly used as a substitute for tarragon. The leaves have a tarragon-like flavor, with hints of anise. In late summer or early fall, the plant bears large clusters of small yellow flowerswp.

Unimpressive flowers, under 1/2 inch widesn.


Read about Tagetes lucida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tagetes lucida, Cav. Sweet-scented Marigold. A tender perennial plant, entirely distinct from the foregoing annuals in the sessile, lanceolate lvs. and small, usually 2-3-rayed fls. in dense, terminal corymbs. The fls. have a much more agreeable odor than the other species cult. Mex.—Sometimes used as a substitute for tarragon, which see.


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