Globeflower

Trollius europaeus

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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, Greater Spearwort, Green Hellebore, Lesser Celandine, Lesser Meadow-rue, Lesser Spearwort, Love-in-a-Mist, Marsh Marigold, Meadow Buttercup, Mountain Clematis, Stinking Hellebore, Thread-leaved Water Crowfoot, Traveller's Joy, Winter Aconite, Wood Anemone

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

80 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Farmland, grassland, meadows, mountains, riverbanks, riversides, rocks, scrub, waterside, woodland.

Flower:

Yellow, 5 petals

Flowers are solitary and globular in shape with 5 to 15 incurved petals. Flowers measure approximately 4cm in size. Many yellow stamens and anthers. Bracts are absent from the flowers. Pollinated by flies, bees and beetles.

Fruit:

Purple-tipped, barrel-shaped fruits. The seeds ripen from July to September.

Leaves:

A clump-forming perennial with 3 to 5-lobed, deeply cut leaves. The leaves are similar looking to Meadow Buttercup or Meadow Cranesbill. Stipules are absent.

Other Names:

Bolts, Common Globeflower, Common Golden Ball, Globeflower, Gowan, Lapper Gowan, Lockin Gowan, Lopper Gowan, Luckin Gowan.

Frequency (UK):

Occasionally seen

Similar Species:

Greater Spearwort

Distribution Map

Reproduced by kind permission of the BSBI.

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