Chelidonium majus, the greatercelandine, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. One of two species in the genus Chelidonium... The key to greatercelandine control is to never let the plant go to seed. It’s fortunate that the plant has shallow roots because greatercelandine control involves a lot of pulling. How invasive is greatercelandine? Greatercelandine spreads by seed, and a single plant can produce hundreds of seed throughout the growing season. Chelidonium majus GreaterCelandine, Swallow Wort, GreaterCelandine PFAF Plant Database. GreaterCelandine. Rock-Poppy. St. John's Wort. Phonetic Spelling. kel-ih-DOH-nee-um MAY-jus. This plant has high severity poison characteristics. See below. Description. Where to find greatercelandineplants. Nitrophilous plant, likes damp and non cultivated places, between stones, walls, ruined buildings and rubble. Greatercelandine grows primarily in Europe and Asia, although it has been introduced in North America. The leaves and small yellow flowers of greatercelandine are used as medicine. What Does GreaterCelandine Look Like? The greatercelandine is a plant that stands upright and can grow quite tall, from about 30 to 120 centimeters (about 1 to 4 feet) high. Greatercelandine possesses a highly irritating sap that is sometimes been used to treat warts. Some plants are known to produce flowers with double corollas . The Vascular Plant, Red Data for Great Britain also lists greatercelandine as LC (30). Habitat loss and over-harvesting from the wild are two of the biggest threats faced by medicinal plant...
