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marigolds
Calendula
Calendula (/kəˈlɛndjuːlə/), is a genus of about 15–20 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae that are often known as marigolds.:771 They are native to southwestern Asia, western Europe, Macaronesia, and the Mediterranean. Other plants are also known as marigolds, such as corn marigold, desert marigold, marsh marigold, and plants of the genus Tagetes. The genus name Calendula is a modern Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or...
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
pot marigold
speciesCalendula officinalis
field marigold
speciesCalendula arvensis
Sea Marigold
speciesCalendula suffruticosa
Calendula tripterocarpa
speciesCalendula tripterocarpa
Calendula stellata
speciesCalendula stellata
Calendula palaestina
speciesCalendula palaestina
Calendula maroccana
speciesCalendula maroccana
Calendula pachysperma
speciesCalendula pachysperma
Calendula sventenii
speciesCalendula sventenii
Calendula ricardoi
speciesCalendula ricardoi
Calendula eckerleinii
speciesCalendula eckerleinii
Calendula lanzae
speciesCalendula lanzae
Calendula meuselii
speciesCalendula meuselii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.225
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.401
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.223
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.213
Garden of Health
1507 · p.179
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.267
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.416
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.217
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.62
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.187
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.34
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.666
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Calendula in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59261.