''Calendula suffruticosa'' is a species of

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. 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 .

Subspecies

The species is highly variable throughout its range, and multiple subspecies are recognised: * ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''algarbiensis'' (Boiss.) Nyman: coastal areas from Galicia to western

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''balansae'' (Boiss. & Reut.) Ohle:

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''boissieri'' Lanza: North Africa * ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''carbonellii'' Lanza: southern Iberian Peninsula, in coastal cliffs between

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''cinerea'' (Ohle) P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: Cape Saint Vincent,

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''fulgida'' (Raf.) Guadagno:

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''greuteri'' Ohle: endemic to

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''lusitanica'' (Boiss.) Ohle: inland rocky areas in central Portugal, with isolated populations in the Monchique range and

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''maderensis'' (DC.) Govaerts:

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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''marginata'' (Willd.) Maire: endemic to a small area from Punta Carnero, Spain to Gibraltar * ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''maritima'' (Guss.) Meikle:

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* ''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 (

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), Cape Cires in

* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''vejerensis'' P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: endemic to calcereous sandstones in Vejer de la Frontera, in southern Spain.

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suffruticosa Flora of Europe Taxa named by Martin Vahl Plants described in 1791 {{Asteroideae-stub