marsh-marigold

Yes, indeed it is a beautiful cluster; it is the marsh-marigold, and looks like a gigantic buttercup; it is sometimes in flower as early as March, and continues to blossom for three months or more.

Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton

"_And the wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray_."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various

Our primrose is not the English primrose, any more than it was our robin who tucked up the babes in the wood; our cowslip is not the English cowslip, it is the English marsh-marigold, -- Tennyson's "wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

[438-10] The common marsh-marigold was called _peony_ in some localities.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

Upon the neighboring rocks the columbine and harebell held high revel, but he did not notice them so much as a new sight that flashed upon his eye; for the pool where the two streamlets joined was like a nest which the marsh-marigold had taken for its home.

King Midas: a Romance Upton Sinclair 1923

Before her lay the boggy place where she came in all warm seasons of the year for one thing or another: the wild marsh-marigold, -- good for greens, -- thoroughwort, and the root of the sweet-flag.

Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902

Some cultivated anemones and crowfoots (_Ranunculus_) are of this character, and even the marsh-marigold (_Caltha palustris_) has a petalomanous variety.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

The root is sometimes mistaken for that of edible plants and the young leaves for those of the marsh-marigold, which are edible when cooked.

On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888

The centre of the eyot is yellow with patches of marsh-marigold in the hot spring days.

The Naturalist on the Thames 1882

And the wild marsh-marigold shines like fire in swamps and hollows gray;

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Various 1878