Calendula suffruticosa

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Calendula suffruticosa is a species of herb in the family Asteraceae. It has a self-supporting growth form and broad leaves. Flowers are multipellated, and are usually yellow or orange in colour. Individuals can grow up to {{Convert|40|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=Calendula suffruticosa Vahl - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/6240009|access-date=2021-12-24|website=eol.org}}

Subspecies

The species is highly variable throughout its range, and multiple subspecies are recognised:{{cite web |title=Plants of the World Online (POWO) |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:187927-1#children |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |access-date=8 February 2023}}{{cite journal |title=Taxonomic revision of the genus Calendula (Asteraceae) in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands|last1=Gonçalves |first1=A.C. |last2=Castro |first2=S. |last3=Paiva |first3=J. |last4=Santos |first4=C. |last5=Silveira |first5=P. |journal=Phytotaxa |date=2018 |volume=352 |issue=1 |pages=001–091|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.352.1.1 }}

  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. algarbiensis (Boiss.) Nyman: coastal areas from Galicia to western Algarve
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. balansae (Boiss. & Reut.) Ohle: Algeria
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. boissieri Lanza: North Africa
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. carbonellii Lanza: southern Iberian Peninsula, in coastal cliffs between Gibraltar and Málaga
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. cinerea (Ohle) P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. fulgida (Raf.) Guadagno: Italy, Malta and Turkey
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. greuteri Ohle: endemic to Andalusia
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. lusitanica (Boiss.) Ohle: inland rocky areas in central Portugal, with isolated populations in the Monchique range and Morocco
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maderensis (DC.) Govaerts: Madeira
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. marginata (Willd.) Maire: endemic to a small area from Punta Carnero, Spain to Gibraltar
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maritima (Guss.) Meikle: Sardinia and Sicily
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. monardii (Boiss. & Reut.) Ohle: Algeria
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. suffruticosa: northwest Africa and Canary Islands
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. tlemcensis Ohle: Algeria
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. tomentosa (Ball) Murb.: southern Spain, in low elevation sandy loams from Punta Camarinal to east of the Guadalmesí River
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. trialata P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: southwestern Spain (Cádiz), Cape Cires in Morocco
  • Calendula suffruticosa subsp. vejerensis P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: endemic to calcereous sandstones in Vejer de la Frontera, in southern Spain.

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suffruticosa

Category:Flora of Europe

Category:Taxa named by Martin Vahl

Category:Plants described in 1791

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