Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Pot Marigold, Calendula officinalis
Photographs: Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork

Pot Marigold
Calendula officinalis
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering June-October. Annual or perennial. Garden escape.

Large yellow or orange flowers with many petals and seeding freely. The bright-green leaves feel slightly sticky when touched. Stems erect or procumbent, to 80cm.

Common in gardens and a widespread garden escape or discard on waste ground and roadsides

Similar: Corn Marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum

Pot Marigold, Calendula officinalis

Pot Marigold, Calendula officinalis
Pot Marigold, Calendula officinalis

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