Trollius europaeus

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width:	⇔	18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		5 to 9
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names

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The Globe-flower (Trollius europaeus) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae.

It grows up to 60 cm high with a bright yellow, globe-shaped flower up to 3 cm across. The colourful petaloid sepals hide 5-15 inconspicuous true petals with nectaries at their base and, typically for the family, a large number of stamens. Each flower produces a large number of wrinkled follicles. The leaves are deeply divided into 3-5 toothed lobes. It grows in damp ground in shady areas, woodland and scrub, flowering between June and August. The plant is native of Europe and Western Asia. Protected species in Bulgaria. It's slightly poisonous and is purgative and rubefacient when used fresh.

Read about Trollius europaeus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Trollius europaeus, Linn. (T. globosus, Lam.). Sts. erect, 15 in. or more high, often branching: lower lvs. petioled, others sessile; lfts. only 5-parted, lobed, cleft, and toothed, those of the root-lvs. on short petioles: fls. of a lemon-yellow color, solitary or in 2's, 1-2 in. across, globular in form; sepals 10-15, ovate; petals spatulate, often longer than the stamens: fr. much as in T. laxus. Wet upland meadows of N. Eu. May-July.—Different forms are offered or sometimes listed. Var. Loddigesii, Hort., has deep yellow fls. Var. napelliformis, Huth (T. napelliformis, Roep.). St. many-fld. and lvs. deeply divided. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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