PLANTS Profile for Macleaya cordata (plume poppy)

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PLANTS Profile

Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.
plume poppy

Symbol:

MACO10

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Papaveraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Photo of Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonyms:
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.

	BOCO5	Bocconia cordata Willd.
	BOJA2	Bocconia japonica André

Distribution:
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.

View 19 genera in Papaveraceae, 1 species in Macleaya

Classification:
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Papaverales
Family	Papaveraceae – Poppy family
Genus	Macleaya R. Br. – macleaya
Species	Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br. – plume poppy

U.S. Weed Information:
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.

tree celandine
plume-poppy

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18976.

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 11:43 AM MDT