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  2. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Calla palustris: marsh calla, wild calla, water-arum Araceae: The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content, but the rhizome (like that of Caladium, Colocasia, and Arum) is edible after drying, grinding, leaching, and boiling. [73] [failed verification] Caltha palustris: marsh-marigold, kingcup Ranunculaceae

  3. Caltha palustris - Wikipedia

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    A Caltha palustris flower and bud at the Ljubljana Botanical Garden in Slovenia. The generic name Caltha is derived from the Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos), meaning "goblet", and is said to refer to the shape of the flower. [4] The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat. [5]

  4. Hygrophyte - Wikipedia

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    Caltha palustris is a hygrophyte. A hygrophyte (Greek hygros = wet + phyton = plant) is a plant that inhabits moist areas and is intolerant of dry conditions. [1] The species may inhabit wet and dark forests and islands, dense swamps, and wet meadows. Within the group of all types of terrestrial plants, they are least resistant to drought. [2] [3]

  5. Lupinus perennis - Wikipedia

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    Lupinus perennis is commonly mistaken for the Western species Lupinus polyphyllus (large-leaved lupine), which is commonly planted along roadsides. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] L. polyphyllus is not native to eastern North America, but has naturalized in areas in the upper Midwest and New England.

  6. List of edible invasive species - Wikipedia

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    Burdock (Arctium spp.) - was introduced to Europe, [12] leaves, flowers and roots are edible [13] Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica spp.) - was introduced to the United States from East Asia, [14] shoots are edible and the roots are used for medicinal purposes [15] Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris spp.) - invasive, [16] leaves are edible [17]

  7. Caltha - Wikipedia

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    And so is the first description as Caltha palustris by Carl Linnaeus in his Genera Plantarum of 1737. But Linnaeus re-describes the species under the same name in Species Plantarum of 1 May 1753, thus providing the correct name. [5] Caltha palustris is a highly variable species. When the growing season is shorter, plants are generally much ...

  8. Southern New England Algonquian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Asclepias sp., toxic, but first growth is edible if cooked thoroughly and before sap runs. Caltha palustris, 'marsh marigold,' leaves edible before flowering but only after extensive boiling. Chenopodium sp., chenopods, used for seeds but leaves are edible at all stages. Clintonia borealis, 'yellow bead-lily', young leaves are edible.

  9. Ranunculaceae - Wikipedia

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    Ranunculaceae (/ r ə n ʌ ŋ k j uː ˈ l eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, [2] distributed worldwide. The largest genera are Ranunculus (600 species), Delphinium (365), Thalictrum (330 ...