''Calendula suffruticosa'' is a species of
herb
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in the
family Asteraceae. It has a self-supporting growth form and broad leaves. 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
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
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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
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and
Málaga
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* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''cinerea'' (Ohle) P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.:
Cape Saint Vincent
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History
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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 ares in central Portugal, with isolated populations in the
Monchique range and
Morocco
* ''Calendula suffruticosa'' subsp. ''maderensis'' (DC.) Govaerts:
Madeira
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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:
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.
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