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Caltha palustris

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'''Caltha palustris''' is a herbaceous perennial plant. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and sometimes as a food. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it can be used to make a ground cover.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Fits}}, {{Uses|Anaemia}}, {{Uses|Colds}}, {{Uses|Sores}}, {{Uses|Pain in the abdomen}}, {{Uses|Vomiting}}, {{Uses|Headache}}, {{Uses|Singing in ears}}, {{Uses|Dysuria}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Roots}}, {{Parts Used|stemFlower buds}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
==Chemical Composition==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Perennial}}
==Identification==
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the waterside, it prefers growing in a sunny position in wet soils or shallow water up to 15cm deep.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Wet areas in marshes}}, {{Commonly seen|Fens}}, {{Commonly seen|Ditches}}, {{Commonly seen|Wet alder woods}}, {{Commonly seen|Rare on very base poor peat}}.
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