species
Chelidonium majus
Swallowwort · Greater celandine · Nipplewort · Tetterwort
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Chelidonium majus belongs to the family Papaveraceae, also known as Swallowwort, Greater celandine, Nipplewort or Tetterwort, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in part shade, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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