Now it's not yet been finally established but the evidence is growing, literally, that when Wordsworth wrote Daffodils he actually meant Buttercups. After all they are much more golden than the larger flowers and in some people's view, mine anyway, the flowers are more beautifully formed. All it needs is an EngLit student looking for a PhD subject a guaranteed slot on the Today programme on Radio 4 etc.
Even so the Meadow Buttercup is a lovely flower another specimen unfairly tainted by its association as a garden weed.
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