Marsh Marigold | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Ranunculales

Family:

Ranunculaceae (Buttercup)

Also in this family:

Bulbous Buttercup, Celery-leaved Buttercup, Columbine, Common Meadow-rue, Common Water Crowfoot, Creeping Buttercup, Globeflower, Greater Spearwort, Green Hellebore, Lesser Celandine, Lesser Meadow-rue, Lesser Spearwort, Love-in-a-Mist, Meadow Buttercup, Mountain Clematis, Stinking Hellebore, Thread-leaved Water Crowfoot, Traveller's Joy, Winter Aconite, Wood Anemone

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

60 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Bogs, ditches, fens, grassland, marshes, meadows, swamps, waterside, wetland, woodland.

Flower:

Yellow, 5 petals

5-8 large glossy yellow sepals, up to 5cm wide. No petals.

Fruit:

A curved capsule.

Leaves:

Dark green, rounded, heart-shaped, glossy, waxy leaves. Long-stalked. Often mottled with pale green markings on the upper surfaces of the leaves.

Other Names:

American Cowslip, Boots, Brave Bassinets, Bullflower, Bull's Eyes, Capers, Coltsfoot, Cow Lily, Cowflock, Cowslip, Crazy Beth, Crazy Bets, Crowfoot, Drunkards, Giant Kingcup, Goldes, Goldings, Golds, Gollins, Gools, Greater Kingcup, Horse Blob, Kingcup, Kingcup Marsh Marigold, Leopard's Foot, Mare Blob, Marybuds, May Blobs, Mayflower, Meadow Buttercup, Meadow Cowslip, Meadow Gowan, Meadow Routs, Meadow-bright, Mollyblobs, Palsy Root, Pollyblobs, Publican's Cloak, Publicans-and-sinners, Soldier's Buttons, Water Blobs, Water Boots, Water Bubbles, Water Cowslip, Water Dragon, Water Goggles, Water Gowan, Yellow Gowan, Yellow Marsh Marigold.

Frequency (UK):

Common