Taxon

Stylophorum diphyllum

 
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Stylophorum diphyllum - wood-poppy, celandine-poppy
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Common name: wood-poppy, celandine-poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (poppy family)
Synonym: Chelidonium diphyllum
Distribution: e. North America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Herbaceous perennial
Comments: Wood-poppy is a cheerful sight in a woodland garden. The flowers are four-petaled and yellow, blooming in April on 1-1.5 foot tall stems. The foliage is blue-green on top and silvery below. The oval seed capsules are densely hairy and contain numerous seeds. Like other plants in the poppy family, it exudes sap from broken stems; wood-poppy has bright yellow-orange sap that was used by Native Americans as a dye. This plant typically grows in mesic woodlands on ravine slopes, bluffs, or on rocky streambanks. Likely pollinators include bees and flies.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

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