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Calendula meuselii

Calendula meuselii, the Meusel marigold, is a bushy annual herb in the daisy family with yellow flower heads, native to the Mediterranean and North Africa. It grows readily in sandy or gravelly soil in full sun and sets seed freely.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates dry conditions well once established.
Soil
Sandy, gravelly or ashy soil with good drainage.
Temperature
Warm conditions suit it; protect from frost, roughly 10 to 30 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Morocco (Massif du Zerhou)
Climate
subtropical

About

Calendula meuselii, (common name, Meusel marigold) is a species of annual flowering plant in the marigold genus Calendula, family Asteraceae. It is native to and widely distributed across Europe, the Mediterranean to the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula.

Where it grows

The native range of this species is the eastern Mediterranean to North Africa, and it has been introduced across North and South America, Eastern Europe and Australia.

Other Calendula plants

Field marigold · Pot marigold · Sea marigold · Marigold

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calendula meuselii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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