An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . Marsh-marigold. Meadow-gowan. Fig. 1853. Caltha palustris L. Sp. PI. 558. 1753. Stout, glabrous, stem hollow, erect or ascending,l°-2° high, branching and bearing several leaves on long and broad petioles, cordate orreniform, 2-/ wide, with a narrow sinus, entire,crenate or dentate, the upper shorter-petiolcd orsessile, with nearly truncate bases; flower
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . Marsh-marigold. Meadow-gowan. Fig. 1853. Caltha palustris L. Sp. PI. 558. 1753. Stout, glabrous, stem hollow, erect or ascending,l°-2° high, branching and bearing several leaves on long and broad petioles, cordate orreniform, 2-/ wide, with a narrow sinus, entire,crenate or dentate, the upper shorter-petiolcd orsessile, with nearly truncate bases; flowers brightyellow, I-iJ broad; sepals oval, obtuse; follicles3-12 or even more, compressed, s-6 long, slightlycurved outward, many-seeded. In swamps and meadows, NewfoKndland to SouthCarolina, west to Saskatchewan and Nebraska. Ascendsto 2500 ft. in Virginia. Locally called cowslip and usedas a spring vegetable. .?\pril-June. Old English names,water-dragon, water-, mire-, horse- or .\merican or spring Cow-lily. Crowfoot. Coltsfoot. or water gowan. Soldiers-buttons. bitter-flower. Meadow-bouts. Boots. Bull-flower. Drunkards. Wate
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