PLANTS Profile for Chelidonium majus (celandine)

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PLANTS Profile

Chelidonium majus L.
celandine

Symbol:

CHMA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Papaveraceae

Duration:

Biennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Chelidonium majus L.

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Distribution:
Chelidonium majus L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Chelidonium majus L.

View 19 genera in Papaveraceae, 1 species in Chelidonium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Chelidonium majus var. laciniatum
celandine

Chelidonium majus var. majus
celandine

Chelidonium majus var. plenum
celandine

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Chelidonium majus L.

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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	Chelidonium L. – celandine
Species	Chelidonium majus L. – celandine

Introduced Information:
Chelidonium majus L.

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:
Chelidonium majus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 501481.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Chelidonium majus L.

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Time Generated: 10/13/2008 02:31 AM MDT