| Scientific Name: | Calendula officinalis |
| Common Name: | pot marigold, English marigold |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Irregular |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Medicinal plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Spatulate, Dentate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Orange, Yellow, Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Annual 20-75cm tall; basal leaves oblong-obovate or spatulate, 3-12(-20)cm long x 1-3(-6)cm wide, stem leaves oblong-oblanceolate, 5-15cm long x 1-3cm wide, fragrant; flower head daisy- or chrysanthemum-like, 6-10cm wide, bright yellow to deep orange; ray achenes relatively large, C-shaped, and prickly on one side, Apr-Nov. | |