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Calendula officinalis L.

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Calendula officinalis L., Sp. Pl. 921 (1753)
Calendula officinalis L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
921
ICN
Calendula officinalis L.
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Calendula officinalis

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officinalis

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Calendula officinalis L.

Erect or ascending, annual or short-lived perennial herb, sometimes somewhat woody toward base, (10)-15-50 cm tall. Stems densely clothed in short, erect, glandular hairs, usually becoming glabrous below, much-branched. Basal and lower cauline lvs sparsely to moderately clothed in simple and glandular hairs, ciliate, usually narrow-obovate, sometimes elliptic or ± orbicular, entire, with few minute scattered marginal teeth, or rarely remotely dentate, obtuse to acute and mucronate, apetiolate and long-cuneate, 6-20 × 1.5-5 cm; upper cauline lvs similar to lower but becoming smaller, oblong to lanceolate, broad-based and often ± amplexicaul. Capitula solitary, 35-85 mm diam. Involucral bracts in 2 rows, glandular and ciliate, lanceolate, acuminate, 10-15 mm long, the inner with more conspicuous membranous margins. Ray florets (20)-40-60, in 1-several rows; ligules usually orange, sometimes pale orange or yellow, clearly exceeding bracts, (8)-12-30 mm long; disc florets numerous, usually orange, sometimes pale orange or yellow, rarely brownish black. Achenes glabrous or sparsely hairy, usually of 3 types; outermost achenes strongly incurved, long-beaked, 12-18 mm diam., with small stout spines on back, usually alternating with shorter, short-beaked, broadly 3-winged, tuberculate or smooth-backed achenes; inner achenes enclosed by outer, tuberculate on back, 4-7 mm diam.

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Calendula officinalis L.
Calendula officinalis L.
Calendula officinalis L.
Calendula officinalis L.
Calendula officinalis L.

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Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Calendula officinalis L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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75f435dc-ec16-4e91-aaed-d3916b730034
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 November 2013
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