[1] It is native to and widely distributed across Europe, the Mediterranean to the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula.

[2] Calendula meuselii is an annual, bushy, non-succulent herb, standing between 50 cm and 1 metre high.

Leaves are dark green, alternate, pointed, with glandular hairs.

[3] Flower heads are composed of multiple yellow petals and florets, borne singly at the ends of the stems.

[5][6] C. meuselii grows in readily in ashy, sandy soil and among gravel or in between paving.