Chelidonium majus
Chelidonium majus
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Perennial herb, the branched, woody stock covered by persistent leaf bases. Stems up to 90 cm, branched, sparsely villous. Leaves with 5-7 broad leaflets, the terminal leaflet often 3-fid, all crenately lobed. Flowers 2-2,5 cm across. Capsule 3-5 cm. Seeds black, with a white appendage. Fl. 4-8. Shaded ground in woods and thickets, s.l.-1450 m. .
Temperate Eurasia, N.W. Africa; introduced on the Atlantic coasts of America. Euro.-Sib. element.
