Calendula - Pacific Beauty

A daisy-family flower with a long, honorable history.

Calendula is a genus of about twelve to twenty species in the daisy family, native to an area stretching from Macaronesia through the Mediterranean to Iran. The pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) is the most cultivated species and the source of most herbal and cosmetic products labeled "calendula." Not to be confused with the Tagetes marigolds, which are a different genus entirely. The leaves are edible, though calendula is most often grown for its flowers.

•   Genus Calendula, daisy family (Asteraceae)

•   Native to Macaronesia, the Mediterranean, and Iran

•   Pot marigold (C. officinalis) is the most cultivated species

•   Leaves are edible; flowers used in herbal traditions

•   From our friends at Seattle Seed Company