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Chelidonium majus   (Greater Celandine)


Chelidonium majus  (PAPAVERACEAE.) 
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Profile Date Oct-2007 (taxon update: none)
Citation for this page Mifsud, S. (2022). Chelidonium majus - datasheet created on Oct-2007. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 19-Mar-2024

Nomenclature and Basic Information

Species name :

Chelidonium majusL.
Published in Sp. Pl. : 505 (1753)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Chelidonium laciniatum Mill.
Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life] [Worldplants.de]

Plant Family :

Papaveraceae Juss. (The Poppy Family)
9 species from the Papaveraceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Greater Celandine

Maltese name(s) :

Ħaxixa tal-felul

Status for Malta :

Casual or accidental alien. Species that was introduced in Malta rather recently and normally it is short-lived or resticted to small populations for a short time, without becoming widespread or invasive.

Frequency :

Very Common     Common    Frequent     Scarce     Rare    Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection :

Not legally protected till the last update of this website (2/Mar/2022)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

April – June

Colour of Flowers:

Yellow

Toxicity:

Not particularly toxic

Name Derivation :

Chelidonium:
majus: Bigger, larger, greater, superior. This term was often given to plants which are larger or 'more important' compared to other species in the same genus (sometime referred as minor or lesser). (Latin origin )

Planting in rural areas :

Can be planted in rural areas according to ERA Guidelines


Description, Habitat and Distribution
Habitat in Europe: Shady banks and walls.
Preferred habitat in Malta: Data will be available in the next update of this website.
Botanical Description: Glaucous, sparsely pubescent perennial. Stems 30-90 cm. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 5-7, ovate to oblong, the terminal usually 3-lobed, the lateral often with a stipule-like lobe at base on lower side, all crenate or (var. laciniatum (Miller) Syme) deeply incised. Inflorescence an umbel of 2-6 flowers. Petals up to 1 cm, obovate, bright yellow. Stamens yellow; filaments expanded above. Capsule 3-5 cm, more or less straight, glabrous; aril white.
Chromosome number: 2n=12
Distributional range: Europe, except the extreme north, but in some districts only as an escape from gardens.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):
All except Crete, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Svalbard archipelago, only as a naturalized alien in Ireland, and perhaps elsewhere
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
  Country codes  
Ab Ag Al Ar Au(A) Az(C F G J L M P T) Be(B L) BH Bl(M N) Br Bu By Ca(H T) Cg Co -Cr Cs Ct Da Es Fe Ga(F) Ge Gg Gr He Ho Hs(A S) Hu It La Lt Lu Ma Mk Mo No Po Rf(C N NW S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Su Tu(A E) Uk(K) [nHb]

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Species Images (7 images)
   Chelidonium majus   -   Image Code: CDMMJ-0.
   Chelidonium majus   -   Image Code: CDMMJ-1.
   Chelidonium majus   -   Image Code: CDMMJ-2.
   Chelidonium majus   -   Image Code: CDMMJ-3.
   Chelidonium majus   -   Image Code: CDMMJ-4.
   Chelidonium majus   -   Image Code: CDMMJ-5.
   Chelidonium majus   -   Image Code: CDMMJ-6.

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