Calendula tripterocarpa Rupr.

Spice Fruit detail Flower In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Calendula

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. València.

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: In the Pitiüses (Eivissa and Formentera) we can find two species of Calendulae, the typical Calendula arvensis, and Calendula tripterocarpa. This Calendula is only differentiated because the most peripheral fruits have flat wings, so they are much wider than the fruits of Calendula arvensis. It lives in dry fields and along path-sides. It flowers from autumn to spring.