marsh marigold
noun
: a swamp herb (Caltha palustris) of the buttercup family that occurs in Europe and North America and has bright yellow flowers
called also cowslip, kingcup
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Violets, wild geraniums, and marsh marigolds aren’t far behind.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023
Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), a native plant found in wetland habitats and in some home gardens with moist areas.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) — a native plant found in wetland habitats and in some home gardens with moist areas.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2022
That stretch also passes through the Butler Lake Flynn's Spring State Natural Area, a good spot for seeing marsh marigold.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022
Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), a native plant found in wetland habitats and also planted in some gardens with moist areas.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2021
But also hickory, chestnut, elms and birches, and joe-pye weed, aster, marsh marigold, skunk cabbage, snakeweed.
—Matthew Cicanese and Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
Where the ground is mushy and damp, look for frilly bundles of false hellebore that sprout head-high flower stalks in summertime and the delicate blooms of marsh marigolds, aquatic buttercups, prairie smoke and berry-laden shrubs.
—Mare Czinar, azcentral, 11 June 2020
Also in attendance: ferns, marsh marigold and copious amounts of a kind of skunk cabbage that looks like spinach that has received a lot of encouragement.
—New York Times, 17 July 2019
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023
Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), a native plant found in wetland habitats and in some home gardens with moist areas.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) — a native plant found in wetland habitats and in some home gardens with moist areas.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2022
That stretch also passes through the Butler Lake Flynn's Spring State Natural Area, a good spot for seeing marsh marigold.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022
Lesser celandine can be easily confused with marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), a native plant found in wetland habitats and also planted in some gardens with moist areas.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2021
But also hickory, chestnut, elms and birches, and joe-pye weed, aster, marsh marigold, skunk cabbage, snakeweed.
—Matthew Cicanese and Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
Where the ground is mushy and damp, look for frilly bundles of false hellebore that sprout head-high flower stalks in summertime and the delicate blooms of marsh marigolds, aquatic buttercups, prairie smoke and berry-laden shrubs.
—Mare Czinar, azcentral, 11 June 2020
Also in attendance: ferns, marsh marigold and copious amounts of a kind of skunk cabbage that looks like spinach that has received a lot of encouragement.
—New York Times, 17 July 2019
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