Calendula suffruticosa

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 40 cm (16 in).^[1]

Calendula suffruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Calendula
Species:	C. suffruticosa
Binomial name
Calendula suffruticosa Vahl

Subspecies

The species is highly variable throughout its range, and multiple subspecies are recognised:^[2][3]

• 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.