Wednesday 24 January 2018

CALENDULA

Calendula, is a genus of about 15–20 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae that are often known as marigolds. They are native to southwestern Asia, western Europe, Macaronesia, and the Mediterranean. Other plants are also known as marigolds, such as corn marigold, desert marigold, marsh marigold, and plants of the genus Tagetes.

 The genus name Calendula is a modern Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass". The common name "marigold" refers to the Virgin Mary. The most commonly cultivated and used member of the genus is the pot marigold (Calendula officinalis). Popular herbal and cosmetic products named 'calendula' invariably derive from C. officinalis.

 This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

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4 comments:

  1. Roger Owen Green24 January 2018 at 11:54

    always reminds me of the sun!

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  2. NCSue24 January 2018 at 15:53

    It's a gorgeous color and I can see it's related to daisies.
    Thank you for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/01/homemade-bagels.html

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  3. Su-sieee! Mac24 January 2018 at 18:00

    Calendula has such a happy sounding name. It matches its brilliant color.

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  4. ABC-Wednesday26 January 2018 at 04:41

    Wonderful flower, love the colour

    Have a splendid & ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / - week
    ♪ M e l o d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
    http://melodymusic.nl/22-c

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