Common name:
Marsh marigold
Family:
Scientific name:
Caltha palustris
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Wet meadows, streambanks, damp woodland, marshes
Flowers:
Up to 25 mm in diameter, with five yellow, ovate sepals (no petals), and a dense cluster of yellow stamens and greenish carpels at the centre. Flowers are solitary or in small groups, held a little above the leaves
Fruit:
Clustered, greenish-brown capsules, up to 1 cm long, beaked at the tip
Leaves:
Cordate, hairless, unlobed, shiny, up to 10 cm across, lined by rounded teeth; attached by long stalks
Season:
March to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
