Caltha palustris L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inPlant families, Ranunculaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Ranunculaceae// Genus: Caltha// Species: Caltha palustris L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1985) as Caltha palustris subsp. laeta (Schott, Nyman et Kotschy) Beck. This taxon is not accepted at the subspecies level by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube et al., 2014+).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to the Temperate and Subarctic Northern Hemisphere – North America, Europe, Asia to Himalayas and Myanmar according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).

Habitat:  Wet habitats- near streams, ponds, and other bodies of water.

Flowering period: Spring to summer, sporadically until fall: APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG (-SEP, -OCT).

Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flowering stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flowering stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flowering stems. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flowering stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – flower. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – stem with achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – basal leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – basal leaf Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Caltha palustris – basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 02.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Caltha L. Micevski, K. (1985). The Flora of SR Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, p. 97.

Caltha palustris L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:42867-2 [Accessed 03.10.2022].

Caltha palustris. Raab-Straube, E. von, Hand, R., Hörandl, E. & Nardi, E. (2014+): Ranunculaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a4afc4a9-6292-47c4-a53d-2f04924fecd6 [Accessed 03.10.2022].

Last update: 08.06.2023.