Pot Marigold - Calendula officinalis
A roughly hairy, short to medium plant, stems branched and spreading, leafy to the top. Leaves oblong to elliptical, often broader towards the top, untoothed. Flowers large and daisy like, orange or deep golden yellow, 40 to 70 mm, solitary, rays broad and strap like. Achenes curved and beaked, boat shaped.
Roadside verges, waste places, disturbed and cultivated land.
May to October.
Annual.
Widespread in Britain mainly as a casual.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland, usually as a casual escape from cultivation and rarely persisting for long. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 23 of the 617 tetrads.
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
21 November 2017
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 May 2015
Graham Calow
Sharnford Cricket Field
28 October 2014
Graham Calow
Station Road, Elmesthorpe
27 May 2016
Graham Calow
near Sapcote, M69 Roundabout
11 November 2019
Saharima Roenisch
Abbey Park
21 November 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Pot Marigold, Garden Marigold
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 25
- First record:
- 28/10/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 24/07/2023 (Pugh, Dylan)
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Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
25 July 2015
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
25 July 2015
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
15 June 2015
