"The sun-observing marigold."
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Francis Quarles, The School of the Heart, Ode XXX, Stanza 5.
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Marigolds
Marigolds are some 50 species of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous, flowering plants of the genus Tagetes in the family Asteraceae. The genus Tagetes was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The common name in English, marigold, is derived from Mary's gold, a name first applied to a similar plant native to Europe, [[w:Calendula officinalis|Calendula off
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