"Chelidonium majus"
Greater celandine, swallowwort

 



 





Greater celandine flower

 

May - October. Yellow flowers till 1 cm, in umbels till 6 flowers. Fruits in pods with black seeds.
Water it regularly , without flooding the soil.
To cover surfaces. For its latex it has been cultivated to cure the warts by means of its application on the skin. Also , in very small and mixed with milk, as ocular eyewash. In internal use it is toxic.
Sun or demishade.
 
From seeds or division in spring. Remove dry flowers. It grows very fast.
Any soil type with a good drainage.
 

Another species of " Chelidonium"

 

 

Single species inside this genus.

 

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