Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Brown

Locations ofMacleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Brown in Virginia

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Family
Papaveraceae
Botanical Name
Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Brown
Common Name
Plume-poppy, Tree-celandine
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
Comments
Frequently cultivated and occasionally escaped into urban forests and stream valleys around Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Richmond, and Newport News. A large (to 2.5 m tall) e. Asian perennial, esteemed for its spectacular foliage and plumelike inflorescences.
Habitat
Native Status
Introduced

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