| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Caltha sagittata Cav. |
| Bibliography | Icon. 5: 8, 456 (1799) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to s. South America, Falkland Islands |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 0-3500m |
| Description | leaves long petiolate, sagittate to suborbiculate, minutely crenate, appendages rhombic, lobate, dentate, peduncles thick, shorter than leaves |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Caltha alata A.W.Hill Caltha andicola (Gay) Walp. Caltha deranco Steud. Caltha involuta A.W.Hill Caltha multicapsularis Sond. ex DC. Caltha sagittata f. latifolia Speg. Caltha sagittata var. latifolia Huth Caltha sagittata f. typica Speg. Psychrophila andicola Gay Psychrophila sagittata (Cav.) Bercht. & J.Presl Psychrophila auriculata Raf. Psychrophila sagittata (Cav.) Raf. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |