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|accepted_name=Chelidonium
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 505. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 224. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Celandine;greater celandine;rock-poppy;swallowwort;chélidoine
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Chelidonium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chelidonium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek cheilidon, swallow (bird), perhaps from lore reported by Aristotle and others that mother swallows bathe eyes of their young with the sap
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;rhizome fragility or size"><b>Herbs,</b> biennial or perennial, caulescent, from stout rhizomes or taproots;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap yellow to orange.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>leafy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="basal leaf arrangement;cauline leaf arrangement">basal rosulate, cauline alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape">blade 1-2× pinnately lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary or terminal, umbelliform, few flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract presence">bracts present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 2, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal quantity">petals 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens ca. 12-many;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 2-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style fusion">style ± distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma 2-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule architecture;capsule dehiscence"><b>Capsules </b>erect, 2-valved, dehiscing from base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>few-to-many, arillate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 6.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Eurasia
|discussion=<p>Species 1</p>
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name=Chelidonium
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=North America;Eurasia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Chelidonium
|basal leaf arrangement=rosulate
|blade shape=lobed
|bract presence=absent
|capsule architecture=2-valved
|capsule dehiscence=dehiscing
|capsule orientation=erect
|cauline leaf arrangement=alternate
|inflorescence architecture=flowered;umbelliform
|inflorescence position=terminal;axillary
|inflorescence quantity=few
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|petal quantity=4
|pistil architecture=2-carpellate
|rhizome fragility or size=stout
|sap coloration=yellow;orange
|seed architecture=arillate
|seed quantity=few;many
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal quantity=2
|stamen quantity=12;many
|stem architecture=leafy
|stigma shape=2-lobed
|style fusion=distinct
|whole_organism architecture=caulescent
|whole_organism duration=perennial;biennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=6
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