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Caltha palustris

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Caltha palustris
Marsh Marigold, Kingcup, Cowslip
Happy in moist swamps and marshes, they bloom in yellow, white or pink in April, then die to the ground in summer. The heart-shaped leaves have toothed margins.

 


Caltha palustris
Nombres relacionados: Anemone palmata (sinónimo), Calta (castellano), Earuzlie mociarne (eslovaco), Herba del mal d’ulls (catalán), Hierba centella (castellano), Malmequer dos brejos (gallego y/o portugués), Mamiri (hindi), ...

Caltha palustris
Marsh Marigold
Flora, fauna, earth, and sky...
The natural history of the northwoods ...

Ranunculaceae / Buttercups Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Marsh Marigold is also known as Yellow Marsh Marigold, Cowslip, American Cowslip, Water Blobs, May Blobs, Horse Blobs, Bull's Eyes Leopard's Foot and numerous others.. ...

Caltha palustris (Ranunculaceae)-- Also known as "cowslip". A member of the buttercup family, but the plants / flowers are larger scale than buttercups. It blooms in damp places in spring. (Photographed in WI) ...

Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
30 (40)cm, Marsh Marigold is a herbaceous perennial from Europe and N Asia occurring in wet, marshy spots and alongside shallow watercourses.

Caltha palustris
Water Plants, Herbs
Seed germinates at cooler temperatures, sown just covered ideally when fresh in fall; germination is irregular. Propagate also by dividing rootstock early in growing season, after flowering.

Caltha palustris marsh marigold
perennial, easy care
created by dragonfly
zones: 3a thru 11a ...

Caltha Palustris
Marsh Marigold
Cowslip
Special thanks to Pierre Guertin for assistance with identification.

Caltha palustris
Family: Ranunculaceae
Marsh Marigold, Cowflock, Cowslip, Kingcup
Origin: North America ...

marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
small-flowered crowfoot
Ranunculus abortivus ...

Marigold, Marsh
(Caltha palustris LINN.)
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Marigold, Marsh ...

Buttercup [English]: Caltha palustris
Buttercup [English]: Ranunculus gmelini
Buttercup Anemone [English]: Anemone ranunculoides
Buttercup Anemone [English]: Anemone ranunculoides 'Pleniflora'
Buttercup Azalea [English]: Rhododendron 'Buttercup' ...

Caltha palustris - the Marsh Marigold or Marsh Buttercup
Canna Lilies are superb in damp - though not fully winter hardy in UK. Often see them growing alongside water's edge in Thailand.
Coreopsis
Convallaria - Lily of the vallety.

Most pond plants can be divided, including: Nymphaea (waterlilies) and especially marginals such as Butomus umbellatus AGM (flowering rush), Caltha palustris AGM (marsh marigold), Iris laevigata AGM (Japanese water iris), ...

perennial spring-blooming Old World and North American plant (Caltha palustris) of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), found in wet places. It has rounded glossy leaves and large buttercuplike flowers of bright and shining yellow.

NOTE: Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), a closely related plant found in similar habitats, also contains protoanemonin and causes mouth and stomach irritation as well as generalized distress when cattle, sheep, or horses eat the fresh tops.

NOTE: Lesser celandine closely resembles a native wetland plant, Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris), that occurs in the eastern U.S. and is rare in some areas.

Iris pseudacorus and Caltha palustris in California. L. West. Bot., 9:31-32
THE BEST LITERATURE REVIEW -- Sutherland WJ. 1990. Biological flora of the British Isles. Iris pseudacorus L. J. Ecology 78(3):833-848
Sutherland WJ, Walton D.

See also: Marsh Marigold, Marigold, May, Buttercup, Green

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