Cowflock
Caltha palustris L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Ranunculaceae
Also called Kingcup, Marsh-marigold, Yellow marsh marigold
Formerly Populago palustris, Trollius palustris
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. & Subarctic Northern HemisphereKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Sumpfdotterblume, Sumpf-Dotterblume
- Chinese
- 驴蹄草
- Simplified Chinese
- 马蹄草, 驴蹄草
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bekkeblom
- Arabic
- آذريون الماء
- Azerbaijani
- Bataqlıq sunərgizi
- Bavarian
- Budanbleame
- Belarusian
- Лотаць балотная
- Czech
- blatouch bahenní
- Kashubian
- Dzerzãga
- Welsh
- Gold y gors
- Danish
- Eng-Kabbeleje
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Caltha palustris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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