Caltha palustris
Cowflock, Cowslip
Other regional names: Giant Kingcup
- Giant Kingcup
Also known as: Caltha alba Jacquem. +17 more
- Caltha alba Jacquem.
- Caltha alpina (Schur) Schur
- Caltha asarifolia DC.
- Caltha confinis Greene
- Caltha coronata Schur
- Caltha crenata Belyaeva & Sipliv.
- Caltha dentata Muhl.
- Caltha emodorum Spreng.
- Caltha ficarioides Pursh
- Caltha freyniana Heldr. ex Beck
- Caltha glabra Gilib.
- Caltha gorovii Vorosch.
- Caltha grosseserrata Pant.
- Caltha guerangerii Boreau
- Caltha holubyi (Schur) Beck
- Caltha integerrima Pursh
- Caltha intermedia Schott, Nyman & Kotschy
- Caltha laeta subsp. rostrata (Borbás) Jáv.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Ranunculaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Caltha palustris (commonly known as Cowflock or Cowslip) is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the Ranunculaceae family. Naturally occurring in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southeastern U.S.A., Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
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