marsh marigold

American  

noun

1. a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.

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marsh marigold British  

noun

1. Also called: kingcup.   May blobs.   cowslip.  a yellow-flowered ranunculaceous plant, Caltha palustris, that grows in swampy places

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Etymology

Origin of marsh marigold

First recorded in 1570–80

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marsh marigold

You can also try perennials such as the marsh marigold, Lily of the valley, astilbe, clematis, primrose, pansy and lamb’s ear.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2014

They were called cowslips sometimes, and sometimes marsh marigold.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

Broad leaves of the marsh marigold, the flower long since gone, covered the ground; light-green horsetails were dotted thickly about; and tall grasses flourished, rising to the knee.

From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard

The place was encumbered with fallen branches, tangled brushwood, dead ferns; and wherever the little stream had spread itself there was a boggy hollow, rank with bulrushes, and glorious with the starry marsh marigold.

From Fated to Be Free by Ingelow, Jean

Meadows shining with buttercups, hollows sunned with the marsh marigold held me long at gaze. 

From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by Gissing, George