Succulent Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) blooms bright gold in vernal pond in an Oak forest one of springs first wildflowers.

---

A hardy, succulent perennial of marsh and waterside characterized by stout, permanently upright stems that do not produce roots and shoots at the nodes after anthesis. The basal leaves are broadly heart-shaped to kidney-shaped with coarsely crenate-dentate margins and overlapping basal lobes. Generally more than three flowers occur on a stem.

---

Size: 5100px × 3839px
Location: Ohio, USA
Photo credit: © Cynthia Lindow / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: april, blob, blobs, blooming, blooms, bog, bubbles, cowflock, cowslip, des, eau, fen, flora, flower, gold, golden, gollins, herbaceous, horizontal, horse, kingcup, leaf, marais, marigold, marigolds, marsh, mayflower, metro, mid, mollyblobs, natural, nature, oak, openings, outdoors, park, perennials, plant, pollyblobs, polymorphic, pond, populage, preserve, publican., rural, soucis, spring, succulent, toledo, uncultivated, vernal, water, weed, wetlands, wildflower, woods, yellow