View source for Caltha ← Caltha You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Caltha |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 558. 175 }}{{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 244. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Marsh-marigold;populage |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Caltha |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Caltha]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek name for some yellow-flowered plants |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;caudex width;caudex some measurement"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from thick caudices 0.5-2 cm or slender stolons.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline, simple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="proximal leaf architecture;distal leaf architecture;distal leaf architecture">proximal leaves petiolate, distal leaves sessile or nearly so;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="cauline leaf arrangement">cauline leaves alternate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade unlobed, oblong-ovate to orbiculate-reniform or cordate, margins entire, dentate, or crenate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;cyme architecture;cyme architecture or arrangement or growth form;cyme some measurement;flower architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower some measurement"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, 1-6-flowered cymes or flowers solitary, to 22 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="beak architecture or shape">bracts leaflike, not forming involucre.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, radially symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal some measurement;fruit quantity">sepals not persistent in fruit, 5-12, white, pinkish, yellow, or orange, plane, oval-orbiculate to narrowly obovate, 4-23 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal presence">petals absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 10-40;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament shape">filaments filiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="staminode presence">staminodes absent between stamens and pistils;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil quantity;pistil architecture">pistils 5-55, simple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 15-35 per pistil;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style some measurement">style 0.1-2 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits follicle architecture;fruits follicle architecture;fruits follicle architecture;fruits follicle shape;fruits follicle shape;fruits follicle shape;side architecture;side architecture"><b>Fruits </b>follicles, aggregate, sessile or stipitate, linear-oblong to ellipsoid, sides prominently veined or not;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="beak position or structure subtype;beak course;beak course;beak some measurement">beak terminal, straight or weakly curved, 0.2-2 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>brown, elliptic to broadly elliptic, rugulose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed coloration;seed arrangement or shape;seed arrangement or shape;seed arrangement or shape;seed relief;x chromosome quantity">x=8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Primarily temperate wetlands;worldwide |discussion=<p>Species 10 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=smit1973a |text=Smit, P. G. 1973. A revision of Caltha (Ranunculaceae). Blumea 21: 119-150. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Stems leafless, or with 1 leaf; sepals white to yellow, not orange or pinkish. |[[Caltha leptosepala|Caltha leptosepala]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Stems leafy; sepals white, yellow, or orange, or pinkish. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems creeping or floating, rooting at nodes; sepals white or pinkish, 4–7(–8) mm; follicles 20–55, bodies 3.2–6.5 mm; seeds 0.5–0.8 mm. |[[Caltha natans|Caltha natans]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems erect, or sprawling with age and then producing shoots and roots at nodes; sepals yellow or orange, (6–)10–25 mm; follicles 5–15(–25), bodies 8–15 mm; seeds 1.5–2.5 mm. |[[Caltha palustris|Caltha palustris]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Caltha |author= |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ranunculaceae |distribution=Primarily temperate wetlands;worldwide |reference=smit1973a |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_803.xml |genus=Caltha |beak architecture or shape=leaflike |beak course=curved;straight |beak position or structure subtype=terminal |beak some measurement=0.2mm;2mm |caudex some measurement=0.5cm;2cm |caudex width=thick |cauline leaf arrangement=alternate |cyme architecture=1-6-flowered |cyme architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |cyme some measurement=0cm;22cm |distal leaf architecture=nearly;sessile |filament shape=filiform |flower architecture=1-6-flowered |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower architecture or shape=symmetric |flower reproduction=bisexual |flower some measurement=0cm;22cm |fruit quantity=5;12 |fruits follicle architecture=stipitate;sessile;aggregate |fruits follicle shape=linear-oblong;ellipsoid |herb duration=perennial |inflorescence position=axillary;terminal |leaf architecture=simple |leaf position=cauline;basal |leaf-blade shape=oblong-ovate;orbiculate-reniform or cordate |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin shape=crenate;dentate;crenate;dentate |ovule quantity=15;35 |petal presence=absent |pistil architecture=simple |pistil quantity=5;55 |proximal leaf architecture=petiolate |seed arrangement or shape=elliptic;broadly elliptic |seed coloration=brown |seed relief=rugulose |sepal coloration=orange;yellow;orange;yellow;pinkish;white |sepal duration=not persistent |sepal shape=oval-orbiculate;narrowly obovate |sepal some measurement=4mm;23mm |side architecture=not;veined |stamen quantity=10;40 |staminode presence=absent |style some measurement=0.1mm;2mm |x chromosome quantity=8 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ranunculaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Ranunculaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Caltha.