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Caltha palustris - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Rax, Niederösterreich, Austria; 4/2015 © Sonja Germer

Caltha palustris - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany; 5/2013 © Sonja Germer

Caltha palustris - Upper surface of leaf blade - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf blade; Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany; 5/2013 © Sonja Germer

Caltha palustris - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Rax, Niederösterreich, Austria; 4/2015 © Sonja Germer

Caltha palustris - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany; 5/2013 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2114
Date of entry: 25.05.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Marsh marigold

German: Sumpfdotterblume

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Ranunculales (74)

        Family: Ranunculaceae (52)(family description)

          Genus: Caltha (1)

            Epithet: palustris L. (7)

Synonym: Caltha elata Duthie

elata => exalted, tall, lofty, stately

palustris => bog, swamp-loving

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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