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Calendula officinalis
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Image: Danford, Mike - NBGW
Common name:
melyn Mair, common marigold, Jack-on-horseback, pot marigold, Scotch marigold
Family:
Asteraceae
Distribution:
Spain
Hardiness:
(H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form:
Annual plant • Blynyddol
Usage:
Edible
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Calendula (ka-LEN-dew-luh): From the Latin calendae (first day of the month), referring to its long flowering season.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
officinalis (oh-fiss-ih-NAH-liss): Sold in shops, hence denoting a useful plant (vegetable, culinary or medicinal herb).
Description:
A fast growing annual or biennial with aromatic leaves and heads of vivid orange daisy-like flowers, borne in long succession in the summer and autumn until the first hard frosts.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Apothecary's Garden 'Lymphatic'/Gardd yr Apothecari 'Lymffatig'
(APO12)
• Accession: 2018-1252 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
Apothecary's Garden 'Lymphatic'/Gardd yr Apothecari 'Lymffatig'
(APO12)
• Accession: 2022-0185 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
Apothecary's Garden 'Muscular/Skeletal'/Gardd yr Apothecari 'Cyhyrog/Ysgerbydol'
(APO07)
• Accession: 2019-0970*H • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
4:
Apothecary's Garden 'Muscular/Skeletal'/Gardd yr Apothecari 'Cyhyrog/Ysgerbydol'
(APO07)
• Accession: 2022-0185 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
5:
Apothecary's Garden 'Reproductive'/Gardd yr Apothecari 'Atgenhedlol'
(APO02)
• Accession: 2018-1252 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
6:
Apothecary's Garden 'Skin'/Gardd yr Apothecari 'Croen'
(APO04)
• Accession: 2018-1252 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual