Marigold

Yellow-orange flowers, chamomile Chamomile: the rays of beauty   this plant is known to all citizens. It is often sown along the long robatok around flower beds and lawns on the loose. Marigold - is an annual herb of 30 to 40 cm tall with erect branched stems and leaves lanceolate furry family Asteraceae. Beautiful, fragrant, orange-yellow colored baskets are on the flat receptacle tubular flowers, na.periferii 2-3 rows ray flowers. Fruits - sharp, often strongly curved achenes that resemble the claws of birds. From Russian name of a marigold. Originated in the Mediterranean. In the Soviet Union it does not grow wild, but widely cultivated for a long time and almost everywhere as an ornamental plant. Plantations are available for medical purposes in the state farms of medicinal plants. Marigold in bloom for a long time from the beginning of June until the end of October. Disclosed flowers at 9 am and close at 15-16 hours.

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