Marigold Flower Origin. Marigold from the high mountains of India. In warm climate zones such as US.
However that was only a story version. The name marigold also refers to the pot marigold genus Calendula and unrelated plants of several families. The scuttlebutt is that the Spanish took seeds from the Aztecs and over time these migrated to France.
The family name Tagetes is derived from a mythical Etruscan deity.
As a color name by 1770. Marigolds native to the New World and sacred flowers of the Aztecs journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean twice to travel 3000 miles north of their center of origin. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 and 9 the seeds go into the soil in. Popular name of several plants with golden or bright yellow flowers late 14c marygolde from Mary probably a reference to the Virgin gold for color.