Seasonal Wild Flowers

Corn Marigold

Chrysanthemum segetum

Asteraceae

June to October

It is found throughout the country except for parts of the

North, the East and the South.

See the BSBI distribution map for Corn Marigold

It is an archaeophyte which grows in disturbed arable

fields,

on waste ground and by roads.

Corn Marigold is an annual, non-native herb, growing

up to 60cm.

Flowers are on long stalks that slightly thicken below

the flower.

They are bright yellow and up to 7cm across.

Both ray and disc florets are bright yellow.

Leaves are up to 8cm long.

Upper leaves are fleshy, grey, jaggedly toothed and

sessile -clasping the stem.

Lower leaves have a winged stalk.

It is often included in wild flower seed packs, even though,

it is considered an arable weed.

Corn Marigold in a wild flower

meadow

Flowerheads

Disc-florets partially open

Disc florets fully open

Greyish, jaggedly-lobed, upper leaves

Lower leaves with winged stalks, some yellowing

Pollinating hoverfly