Chelidonium

General Information
  • Query NCU-3e
  • Common Name: Greater Celandine, Swallow-wort
  • Family: Papaveraceae Juss.
  • Country of Origin: temp & subarctic Eurasia
  • Habitat: Rubble, damp ground, banks, hedgerows and by walls
  • Description: One species, differing from Papaver in stalked stigmas, arillate seeds. Produces an orange latex long-used in eye disorders, classically mixed with fennel, wormwood, honey & a dash of human milk, certainly efficaceous in treatment of warts & other skin disorders.
  • Culture: Prone to two spotted spider mites