Caltha palustris, Kingcup - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Kingcup, Marsh marigold

Botanical name & synonyms: Caltha palustris, Caltha alpestris, Caltha alpina, Caltha arctica, Caltha asarifolia, Caltha caespitose, Caltha cornuta, Caltha elata, Caltha flabellifolia, Caltha glabra, Caltha intermedia, Caltha latifolia, Caltha pallidiflora, Caltha paniculata, Caltha polypetala, Caltha procumbens, Caltha riparia, Caltha vulgaris, Populago palustris, Trollius paluster

Family: Buttercup, crowfoot family (Ranunculaceae)

• native to northern Eurasia, northern North-America
  

• perennial
  

• 15 to 40cm
  

• flower IV to VI
  

• plant community: wet meadow, marsh meadow, shore
  

• for bees
  

• cold germinate
  

• poison plant
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 0,9 gram