Flower; Rax, Niederösterreich, Austria; 4/2015 © Sonja Germer
Flower; Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany; 5/2013 © Sonja Germer
Upper surface of leaf blade; Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany; 5/2013 © Sonja Germer
Habit; Rax, Niederösterreich, Austria; 4/2015 © Sonja Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany; 5/2013 © Sonja Germer
Identifier: 2114 Date of entry: 25.05.2013 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Marsh marigold
German: Sumpfdotterblume
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Ranunculales (76)
Family: Ranunculaceae (53)(family description)
Genus: Caltha (1)
Epithet: palustris L. (7)
Synonym: Caltha elata Duthie
elata => exalted, tall, lofty, stately
palustris => bog, swamp-loving
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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