Stylophorum diphyllum

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Width:	⇔	12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	shade
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		5 to 9
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Scientific Names

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The poppywort (also known as stylophorum, celandine poppy, wood poppy, or yellow poppy) is a member of the poppy family native to eastern North America, with yellow-orange flowers. The flowers are 4 showy sepals that are petal like, with many stamens in the middle. Plants grow about 1.5 feet tall, with pinnatifid shaped leaves. The flowers are produced in umbels that can have one to a few flowers each, the umbels terminate the stems and after blooming a pod like fruit is produced that hangs down under the foliage. When the seeds are ripe in mid summer, the pods split open along four valves. The plants have a yellow-orange sap that can stain hands. Plants are relatively long lived and readily self seed under garden conditions, where they are grown under part shade.

Read about Stylophorum diphyllum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Stylophorum diphyllum, Nutt. (Papaver Stylophorum, Hort.). Celandine Poppy. A hardy perennial about 1 ft. high, forming large clumps: st. with 2 lvs. at the summit: lvs. light green, pinnately parted: fls. yellow, 2 in. across, in clusters of 3-5. May, June. Moist shade, W. Pa. to Wis. and Ark.—An attractive plant of easy cult. in any rich, rather loose, moist soil in either shade or open, but preferably in partial shade. It is easy to transplant. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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