Stylophorum diphyllum

Stylophorum diphyllum

Stylophorum diphyllum

Stylophorum diphyllum

Celandine Poppy
Binomial:	Stylophorum diphyllum
Family:	Papaveraceae
Type:	perennial

The poppywort (also known as stylophorum, celandine poppy, wood poppy, or yellow poppy) is a member of the poppy family native to eastern North America, with yellow-orange flowers.

Description

The flowers are 4 showy sepals that are petal like, with many stamens in the middle. Plants grow about 1.5 feet tall, with pinnatifid shaped leaves. The flowers are produced in umbels that can have one to a few flowers each, the umbels terminate the stems and after blooming a pod like fruit is produced that hangs down under the foliage. When the seeds are ripe in mid summer, the pods split open along four valves. The plants have a yellow-orange sap that can stain hands.

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  Flower from the top
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  Foliage and immature fruits

Growing Conditions

Plants are relatively long lived and readily self seed under garden conditions, were they are grown under part shade.

References

• Blanchan, Neltje (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.