Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Calendula arvensis - Field Marigold
Edible portion: Flowers, Leaves
A herb. It is an annual plant. It grows 30 cm high and spreads 30 cm wide. In poor and dry areas it is smaller. The leaves are oblong and slightly downy. They do not have leaf stalks. The flowers are yellow or orange and 25 mm across. They grow singly at the ends of branches.