Scientific Name: Caltha palustris
Common Name: Marsh Marigold
Origin: NATIVE
Notes: Caltha palustris is a wetland obligate. It is found in open wet areas; marshes, fens, ditches, wet woodlands.
Additional references:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Field Marks for Identification:
Flowers: April, sepals yellow/orange, stamen numerous; inflorescence with one to several flowers; Fruit type, follicle.
Leaves: basal leaves reniform, cordate; margins entire, crenate, or dentate; cauline leaves alternate.
Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
