• Family : Ranunculaceae
  (Buttercup Or Crowfoot Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEELAMABARI FAMILY (नीलाम्बरी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Ranunculaceae
• Synonym(s) : Caltha pumila Schur; Caltha pygmaea (Makino) Makino; Caltha radicans T.F.Forst.; Caltha ranunculoides Schur; Caltha riparia G.Don; Populago palustris (L.) Scop.; Trollius palustris (L.) D.Brândza
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Caltha palustris L.
• Common name : Marsh Marigold, Cowflock, Cowslip, Kingcup
• Vernacular name : Mei-bytengdoh (Kh.), Danying khongru (Monpa).
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Damp ground in Fir forests, alpine meadows and marshes, swamps and wet places along streams.
• Comments / notes : At an altitude of about 1800-3000 m; Roots are acrid, poisonous.
• Key identification features : Annual herbs up to 30 em high; rootstocks stout. Radical leaves long petioled, reniform. Flowers solitary, 3 - 7 cm across, terminal, yellow. Follicles many seeded.
• Flower, Fruit : March-August
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kangra district,Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Lahaul & Spiti district
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Tawang district,Subansiri district
• Native : Temperate & Subarctic Northern Hemisphere
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Temperate & Subarctic Northern Hemisphere. The roots are acrid, poisonus
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 65; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 305; Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 10; P.K. Hajra, D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri. Flora of India, Sereies 2 : Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh. Vol. 1. pp. 48.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Caltha palustris. Downloaded on 2 December 2023.

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