marsh marigold

noun

a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.

marsh marigold

a yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plant, Caltha palustris, that grows in swampy places Also calledkingcupMay blobsUScowslip

First recorded in 1570–80

At the verge of the water, a thick green plant of marsh-marigold has one or two great golden flowers open.

All these belong to the order Compositae; but Caltha palustris, the marsh marigold, belongs to the order Ranunculaceae.

The marsh-marigold leaf will answer, or you can cut out water-lily leaves from oak or maple.

The marsh marigold lies in the protection of bog tussocks and stream banks.

Meadows shining with buttercups, hollows sunned with the marsh marigold held me long at gaze.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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