Tagetes minuta (muster John Henry, "Shiozakiso")

Japanese name: シオザキソウ （塩崎草）
Scientific name: Tagetes minuta

[Overview]
An annual 50–150 cm tall, found along roadsides and on waste ground.
The whole plant has a distinctive smell.
The stem is erect and branches in the upper part.
The leaves are opposite and odd-pinnately compound, with 5–7 pairs of leaflets.
The leaflets are lanceolate, 2–8 mm wide, and gland dots can be seen when held up to the light.
The leaf margin is toothed.
Many pale yellow flower heads are borne facing upward at the branch tips.
The fruit is an achene.

[History]
Naturalization was reported in 1957 at Shiozaki-cho, Koto Ward, Tokyo, and the Japanese name derives from the place of discovery.

[Uses]
In its native range it is used as a herb.

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