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Marsh marigold, Caltha palustris

marsh marigold This plants grows in wet areas in marshes, fens, ditches and wet alder woods. It likes moist soil or shallow water up to 15cm deep.

The root is edible, but must be well cooked. The raw root should not be eaten.

The whole plant, but especially the older portions, contains the toxic glycoside protoanemonin - this is destroyed by heat.

Flower buds can be used cooked or pickled and used as a caper substitute.

The leavesare edible cooked. The leaves are harvested in the spring as the plant is coming into flower and is used like spinach after cooking in two or more changes of water.

The whole plant has been used to remove warts and is also used in the treatment of fits and anaemia.

A decoction of the root is used in the treatment of colds.

A poultice of the boiled and mashed roots has been applied to sores.

A tea made from the leaves is diuretic and laxative.

All parts of the plant can irritate or blister the skin or mucous membranes.

A yellow dye is obtained from the flowers, a saffron substitute. It is used as a dye when mixed with alum, though it is not very permanent.

Plants can be grown for ground cover when planted about 45cm apart each way.