Caltha
E383056
Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caltha canonical | 1 |
| Caltha leptosepala | 1 |
| Caltha natans | 1 |
| Caltha palustris | 1 |
| Caltha scaposa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3705108 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Caltha Context triple: [Ranunculaceae, containsGenus, Caltha]
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Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
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Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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C.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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D.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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E.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Caltha Target entity description: Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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A.
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
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B.
Alchemilla
Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as lady’s mantle, noted for their fan-shaped, softly hairy leaves that collect water droplets and their use in traditional herbal medicine.
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C.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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D.
Armeria
Armeria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as thrift or sea pinks, often found in coastal and alpine habitats and valued for their dense tufts of grass-like leaves and globular flower heads.
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E.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
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taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | buttercup family ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | marsh marigolds ⓘ |
| describedIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| distribution |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
cold regions ⓘ temperate regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
early spring nectar source
ⓘ
wetland plant ⓘ |
| family | Ranunculaceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | spring ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| fruitType | follicle ⓘ |
| genusAuthority | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
bogs
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marshes ⓘ swamps ⓘ wet meadows ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal leaves ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire or crenate ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| lightRequirement | full sun to partial shade ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Eurasia
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North America ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Caltha
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caltha leptosepala
Caltha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Caltha natans
Caltha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Caltha palustris
Caltha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Caltha scaposa
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| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| petalCount | lacks true petals ⓘ |
| petalLikeStructures | showy sepals ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| preferredSoil |
organic-rich soils
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waterlogged soils ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative reproduction by division ⓘ |
| rootSystem | fibrous roots ⓘ |
| stemType | hollow or succulent stems ⓘ |
| toxicity |
contains protoanemonin
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toxic when fresh ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant in gardens ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Caltha Description of subject: Caltha is a small genus of marsh-dwelling flowering plants commonly known as marsh marigolds, found in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.