Caltha palustris Linnaeus 1753 (Family Ranunculaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 10-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - May (Earliest: 6.4)

Habitat:
Wet Meadows

Pond Edge

Stream Edge

Wet Forest
Pollination:
Several Syrphidae

Mydaea nebulosa

Phorbia nuceicornis
Parasites:
Ramularia didyma

Phytomyza calthophila Larva
(Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:
Hydrothassa hannoveriana

Hydrothassa marginella

Plateumaris consimilis

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Marsh Marigold


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