Caltha palustris

Marsh Marigold

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DESCRIPTION

A perennial, hairless plant, with a branched stout hollow stem forming clumps and patches in marshes, wet fields, ditches and wet woods.
Widespread but less common a formerly because the drainage of wetlands and modern methods of cultivation causing the disappearance of old meadows.
The plant is poisonous and will be avoided by grazing animals.
Plants in mountainous areas are small and the stem can sometimes root, they will flower later.
Gardeners grow orange and double flower varieties.

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