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
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.