中文名（Chinese Name）：金盏花
学名（Scientific Name）：Calendula officinalis L.
英文名（English Common Name）：pot marigold
别名（Chinese Common Name）：金盏菊
异名（Synonym）：Calendula aurantiaca Kotschy ex Boiss.  Calendula eriocarpa DC.  Calendula prolifera Hort. ex Steud.  Calendula hydruntina (Fiori) Lanza  Calendula ×santamariae Font Quer  Calendula officinalis var. prolifera Hort.  Calendula santamariae Font Quer  Calendula sinuata var. aurantiaca (Klotzsch ex Boiss.) Boiss.
科属（Family & Genus）：菊科（Compositae）金盏花属
形态特征（Description）：一年生或多年生草本植物，株高30～70cm，全株被毛。基生叶长圆状倒卵形或匙形，全缘或具疏细齿，茎生叶长圆状披针形或长圆状倒卵形，无柄。头状花序单生茎枝端，花黄色或橙黄色，具香气。瘦果弯曲。花期4～6月，果熟期5～7月。
分布（Distribution）：原产欧洲，我国南北均有栽培。
用途（Use）：
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 20-21 Page 819
Calendula officinalis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 921. 1753.
金盏菊 jin zhan ju | Asteraceae  | Calendula
Herbs, annual, 20-75 cm tall, usually branched from base, green, ± glandular pubescent. Basal leaves oblong-obovate or spatulate, 15-20 cm, margin entire or remotely denticulate; stem leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate, or oblong-obovate, 5-15 × 1-3 cm, ± amplexicaul, margin inconspicuously repand-denticulate, apex obtuse, rarely acute. Capitula 4-5 cm in diam.; phyllaries lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, outer slightly longer than inner, acuminate. Ray florets yellow or orange, ca. 2 × as long as involucre, lamina up to 4-5 mm wide. Disk florets with triangular-lanceolate lobes. Achenes curved, yellowish or brownish, outer half-curved, often aculeate rostrate at apex, lateral-winged ridge irregularly rugose. Fl. Apr-Sep, fr. Jun-Oct.
Cultivated as an ornamental in parks and gardens of China [native origin unknown].
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