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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> biennial or perennial, caulescent, from stout rhizomes or taproots; sap yellow to orange. <b>Stems</b> leafy. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; basal rosulate, cauline alternate; blade 1-2× pinnately lobed. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or terminal, umbelliform, few flowered; bracts present. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2, distinct; petals 4; stamens ca. 12-many; pistil 2-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; style ± distinct; stigma 2-lobed. <b>Capsules</b> erect, 2-valved, dehiscing from base. <b>Seeds</b> few to many, arillate. <b>x</b> = 6.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Species 1</p>
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name=Chelidonium
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|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
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|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=North America;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
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|genus=Chelidonium
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