Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Calendula suffruticosa Vahl trib. Calenduleae |
Bibliography | Symb. Bot. 2: 94 (1791) |
Native Range | ne. Tunisia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Description | viscid-glandular, leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, sinuate-denticulate, the basal attenuate, the upper sessile, auriculate-amplexicaule, capitula solitar |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | yellow, orange |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia |