The common marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) is planted as an ornamental throughout temperate regions in the world, and sometimes recommended for low maintenance wildlife gardens.
Marsh marigold is a rhizomatous perennial native to temperate regions of the northern hemisphere including North America that is native to marshes, swamps, wet meadows, and stream margins. It belongs to the buttercup family, and its shiny yellow flowers look very much like buttercups. It typically grows 12-18” tall on hollow, branching stems. Bright yellow flowers (1-2” diameter) with 5-9 waxy deep yellow petal-like sepals bloom in spring (April to June). Flowers give way to seed pods which split open when ripe to disperse the seeds within. Long-stalked, rounded to cordate, glossy green basal leaves (to 7” across) attain mature size in summer well after flowering. Upper stem leaves are smaller and stalkless.
The common marsh marigold is planted as an ornamental throughout temperate regions in the world, and sometimes recommended for low maintenance wildlife gardens.
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