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The marigold that moonlights as medicine, insisting every garden needs a pharmacist.
means A bright orange-petaled marigold (Calendula officinalis) whose flowers are used in salves, teas, and skin remedies for their soothing, mildly antiseptic properties.
from From Latin calendae — the 'calends,' or first day of the month, from which we also get 'calendar.' The flower earned the name because it seemed to bloom on cue with the turning months, or by some accounts almost continuously through the year — a plant so reliably in flower it felt bound to the calendar itself.
- name origin
- Latin calendae, because it blooms almost every month
- skin healer
- Used in salves for cuts and eczema for centuries
- edible petals
- Called poor man's saffron for coloring soups and rice
- bloom habit
- Flowers close at night and reopen with the sun