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Pot Marigold,Calêndula

Calendula officinalis

Description:

spotted in a weat meadow,i presume it's a strange invasive plant that was brougth by a bird,or by the flood,it's only one,so i'll tranplant it for my garden if is invasive http://rbgeherbaljournal.blogspot.com.au...

5 Comments

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

:) it's not easy,it as many latin influencies.like in the scientif name of this plant,the name in portuguese is very similar,Calendula in latin and Calêndula in portuguese,you have many portuguese in Australia:)as in all the world,we are 15 millions people and 5 millions are over the world 1\3 of the population,there are portuguese in every corner of the world,we began early this global movement of people and cultures arround the world,last scientif researh's say that we arrive to Australia even before Cook,and America before Columbus(a portuguese, but in spanish service)
thanks Argy you are a great talker,i like very much your inteligent and weel humored comments and of course you great spotting work that i have allways admire,se you my friend

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

I wish I could speak Portuguese :) Nice story about the river.

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

@Thanks Martinl for the id
@Argy i'am a very bad english writer:)my english is more from listen to films,so sorry for the confusion,i want to say wet meadow,i thougth that i was rigth,but it's not weat or weet ,no, it's wet:)normaly moisted, ,completly wet in winter(nov\dec\jan) and in the summer time is harvest and planted with corn.My latest spottings are about this meadow and the biodiversity inside.In the past the meadow little river was completly poluted,but 10 years ago they clen it completly and the changes are amazing,in a few years mother nature make a spectacular recovering and now when you look at the lands scape you se the diference,much more variety of species and no smeel at all.I have here material to the next times of my noah wave :)thanks again for your interest,i'am with no time to spend here at the moment but in time i'll make justice to all that continue to follow my spottings,

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

This might be the one they make imitation saffron from. Thanks martin.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Hi Antonio. It's very good for all of us to think about what is invasive. So many of your spottings are in 'weat meadow'. I need to know 'weat' - Is it 'wet' covered in water? Thanks.

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Apr 7, 2012
Submitted on Apr 25, 2012

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