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Accession Data:

Chelidonium majus L.

  • Common Name: Celandine
  • Family: Papaveraceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Europe & Asia

  • Uses: mild analgesic, cholagogic, antimicrobial, oncostatic, and central nervous system sedative.

    • IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. EEB Greenhouses assume no responsibility for adverse effects from the use of any plants referred to on this site. Always seek advice from a professional before using any plant medicinally.
  • USDA Zone: 4-8

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900109
  • Source: Richters Herbs 2019 - #S1673
  • Accession Date: 06-24-2019
  • Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-09-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Papaveraceae
  • SubFamily: Papaveroideae
  • Tribe: Chelidonieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Denmark / Finland / Great Britain / Ireland / Norway / Sweden / Austria / Belgium / Czechoslovakia / Germany / Hungary / Netherlands / Poland / Switzerland / Baleares / Corse / France / Portugal / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Kriti / Romania / Sicilia / Yugoslavia / Belarus / Baltic States / Krym / Central European Russia / East European Russia / North European Russia / South European Russia / Northwest European Russia / Ukraine / Algeria / Morocco / Canary Is. / Madeira / Altay / Buryatiya / Chita / Irkutsk / Krasnoyarsk / Tuva / West Siberia / Yakutskiya / Kazakhstan / North Caucasus / Transcaucasus / Iran / Turkey / Mongolia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
  2. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
  3. WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
  4. Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.

data regenerated on Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:39:10 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Papaveraceae

Subfamily Fumarioideae
Tribe Fumarieae

  • Capnoides sempervirens W/C

Subfamily Papaveroideae
Tribe Chelidonieae

  • Chelidonium majus
  • Stylophorum diphyllum

Subfamily Papaveroideae
Tribe Papavereae

  • Papaver oreophilum W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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