Description

COMMON NAME
Standardized: calendula

Other: marigold, pot marigold

BOTANICAL NAME

Calendula officinalis L.
Plant Family: Asteraceae

Harvest season: December – April

CUT SIZES:
Flowers, Petals. All “99% Quality”

OVERVIEW
Calendula is a well-known herb and uplifting ornamental garden plant that has been used topically, ceremonially, and as a dye and food plant for centuries.

BOTANY
Annual herb bearing the characteristic daisy-like flowers of other members of the Asteraceae family, having bright orange or yellow terminal flower heads and pale green leaves. Native to Southern Europe, Egypt, the Mediterranean, and in the region spanning the Canary Islands to Iran.

CULTIVATION AND HARVESTING
The best time to harvest flowers is in the summer, in the heat of the day when the resins are high and the dew has evaporated. Carefully dry flowers at low temperature in order to keep their vibrant color.

HISTORY AND FOLKLORE
In medieval Europe calendula was widely available and was known as “poor man’s saffron” as it was used to color and spice various foods, soup in particular. It was used not only to color foods, but also as a dye to color hair and to make butter look more yellow. Believed to be first cultivated by St. Hildegard of Bingen, an herbalist and nun practicing herbalism in the 11th century in present day Germany. Flowers strung above doorposts were said to keep evil out and to protect one while sleeping if put under the bed. It was said that picking the flowers under the noonday sun will strengthen and comfort the heart.

USES AND PREPARATIONS
Dried flower as a tea, tincture, or infused oil.
The fresh flowers are edible.

*Precautions
Specific: No known precautions.
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