Calendula suffruticosa

Calendula suffruticosa is a species of herb in the family Asteraceae. It has a self-supporting growth form and broad leaves. Flowers are multipellated, and are usually yellow or orange in colour. Individuals can grow up to 40 cm.

Subspecies
The species is highly variable throughout its range, and multiple subspecies are recognised:
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. algarbiensis (Boiss.) Nyman: coastal areas from Galicia to western Algarve
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. balansae (Boiss. & Reut.) Ohle: Algeria
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. boissieri Lanza: North Africa
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. carbonellii Lanza: southern Iberian Peninsula, in coastal cliffs between Gibraltar and Málaga
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. cinerea (Ohle) P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. fulgida (Raf.) Guadagno: Italy, Malta and Turkey
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. greuteri Ohle: endemic to Andalusia
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. lusitanica (Boiss.) Ohle: inland rocky areas in central Portugal, with isolated populations in the Monchique range and Morocco
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maderensis (DC.) Govaerts: Madeira
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. marginata (Willd.) Maire: endemic to a small area from Punta Carnero, Spain to Gibraltar
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maritima (Guss.) Meikle: Sardinia and Sicily
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. monardii (Boiss. & Reut.) Ohle: Algeria
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. suffruticosa: northwest Africa and Canary Islands
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. tlemcensis Ohle: Algeria
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. tomentosa (Ball) Murb.: southern Spain, in low elevation sandy loams from Punta Camarinal to east of the Guadalmesí River
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. trialata P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: southwestern Spain (Cádiz), Cape Cires in Morocco
 * Calendula suffruticosa subsp. vejerensis P.Silveira & A.C.Gonç.: endemic to calcereous sandstones in Vejer de la Frontera, in southern Spain.