Macleaya cordata

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Lifespan: perennial
Poisonous: yes
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Features: flowers
Flower features: white
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Macleaya cordata (syn. Bocconia cordata Willd.) is a poisonous plant,[1] which is used ornamentally.[2]


Read about Macleaya cordata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Bocconia cordata, Willd. (B.japonica, Hort.). Hardy herbaceous perennial: height 5-8 ft.: Lvs. large, glaucous, heart-shaped, much lobed, deeply veined: fls. pinkish; stamens about 30. China, Japan.


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