Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCalendula officinalis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual, biennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 16 | 26 | 8 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 800 | 300 | 2500 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 30 | 25 | 50 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | skin applications | flowers |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | flowers |
| medicinal | metabolic system applications | flowers |
| food additive | colorant | flowers |