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Calendula officinalis - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Calendula officinalis - Ripening infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Ripening infructescence; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Calendula officinalis - Ripe infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Ripe infructescence; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Calendula officinalis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Calendula officinalis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 3/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1026
Date of entry: 19.03.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Pot Marigold

German: Garten-Ringelblume

Mandarin: 金盏菊 (jin zhan ju)

Portuguese: Calêndula

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2654)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)

      Order: Asterales (223)

        Family: Asteraceae (222)(family description)

          Genus: Calendula (3)

            Epithet: officinalis L. (11)

officinalis => of practical use to man; official species in commerce, especially for medicinal purposes

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: orange

External links

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