Plant profile · Europe
Calendula
Pot marigold. A garden flower used on skin and, more quietly, as a gentle digestive tea. The orange resin in the petals is the point.
This prototype offers educational plant guidance only and does not replace medical care. Check with a qualified professional before using herbs or supplements, especially if you take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a chronic condition, or are choosing something for a child or pet.
Benefits and traditional uses
- Traditional salve flower for minor skin repair
- Gentle tea for a tender stomach
- Easy annual for a healing garden
European household herbalism used calendula petal on scrapes, dry skin, and a mouth that needed a wash. It is as much a kitchen-garden plant as a clinic plant.
Precautions
- Aster family allergy is possible.
- Not a substitute for care on deep or infected wounds.
Prepare
Dried petal as tea, oil, or salve. Harvest the flower often; the plant keeps blooming.
Dosage
Dosage is not provided in this prototype. A later sourced record can sit here. Do not treat any number on this site as a prescription.
Grow
Sun, ordinary soil, regular picking. Cool-season annual that self-sows.
Easy annual · Harvest flowers often · Resinous petals
Cultural context
Character-led stories and cultural notes will live here once Maria’s research pass is in. Region on this card: Mediterranean.
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