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marsh marigold
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The marsh marigold, or kingcup, has large yellow flowers. It is widely found by streams and water meadows in Europe, Asia, and the USA.
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Marsh marigold Caltha palustris growing wild in the Austrian Alps.

Plant belonging to the buttercup family, known as the kingcup in the UK and as the cowslip in the USA. It grows in moist, sheltered places and has brilliant yellow five-sepalled flowers. (Caltha palustris, family Ranunculaceae.)



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Good plants to put around a wildlife pond include Caltha palustris (marsh marigold) and Geum rivale (water avens), to encourage waterside insects, along with reedy-stemmed plants to attract dragonflies to lay their eggs.
Good plants to put around a wildlife pond include Caltha palustris (marsh marigold) and Geum rivale (water avens), to encourage waterside insects, along with reedy-stemmed plants to attract dragonflies to lay their eggs.
Marsh marigold, Caltha palustris `Plena' - This is one of the first spring flowers, with double, buttercup-yellow flowers.
 
 
 
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