Family |
Asteraceae
Calendula arvensis
L.
Calendula arvensis L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CCXLV nº 1; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Annual, pubescent, papillose or viscid plant, 15–30(–50) cm tall; stems erect or prostrate.
Leaves: Oblong-lanceolate, subcrenate-dentate, acute; lower leaves attenuate into a petiole, upper ones semi-amplexicaul and decurrent.
Inflorescence & flowers: Capitula 10–20 mm wide, usually concolorous. Ligules pale yellow (soufre), slightly exceeding the length of the involucral bracts, but often slightly shorter.
Fruit: Inner achenes annular and reduced; intermediate ones variously cymbiform; outer ones semicircular, rarely with a well-developed beak, often dorsally crested.
Phenology: Flowers from January to May.
Habitat & elevation: Cultivated fields and gardens.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Qazmiyé, Saïda, E of Saïda, Beirut, Ghadir, Bir Hassan, Tripoli; Mi. ‘Aïtate, Ghazir, Ghosta, Souq el-Gharb, Chemlan, Bikfaya, Broummana; Sud. Marjayyoun, Şarada; Met. Hasbani.
Syrian distribution: Mi. Bhamra, El-Kaff; Dam. Souq Ouadi Barada, Nachabiyé, Bab Charki, Marj el-Akhdar, Damascus; Sy. Aleppo, Babeska, Hama, Homs; J.D. Tell Qpuleib, Soueida-Kafer, Soueida, Ghabha; St. Baghouse.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Yemen. (KEW)
Introduced into: California, Great Britain, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Uruguay, Victoria