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11-03-2007, 02:19 PM
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| | | Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
Hi,
I am just working on a new website on the Swansea Vale Nature Reserve but have become a little stuck as the ID of the yellow flowered plant photographed at this page: Swansea Vale Nature Reserve: Moving On
Any help was be greatfully accepted.
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11-03-2007, 02:30 PM
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| | | Re: Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
Looks like caltha palustris to me - marsh marigold or kingcup |
11-03-2007, 02:35 PM
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| | | Re: Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
Yep, marsh marigold; beautiful flower. Grows in my wildlife pond but is late developing here this year.
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11-03-2007, 05:23 PM
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| | | Re: Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
Thanks for that. |
11-03-2007, 05:50 PM
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| | | Re: Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
It looks like lesser celandine to me 
The leaves look to big to be marsh marigold. |
11-03-2007, 06:05 PM
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| | | Re: Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
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Originally Posted by mrs fish  It looks like lesser celandine to me
The leaves look to big to be marsh marigold. | Nah, definatley Marsh Marigold. The leaves are much smaller on Lesser Celandine.  |
11-03-2007, 06:39 PM
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| | | Re: Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
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Originally Posted by mrs fish It looks like lesser celandine to me
The leaves look to big to be marsh marigold. | Your Lesser Celandine is a much smaller plant, much lower lying with much smaller flowers. Lesser Celandine has more petals as well. In this area it tends to flower before Marsh Marigold and is usually our (in this area) first spring flower.
Kerry |
13-03-2007, 02:29 PM
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| | | Re: Yellow Flowered Pond Bank Plant ID
Def. marsh marigold | | |
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