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Greater celandine
Chelidonium majus
Chelidonium majus, (commonly known as greater celandine or tetterwort, (although tetterwort also refers to Sanguinaria canadensis), nipplewort, or swallowwort,) is a herbaceous perennial plant, one of two species in the genus Chelidonium. It is native to Europe and western Asia and introduced widely in North America.
Where it lives
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.246
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.800
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.238
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.99
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.97
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.101
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.243
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.91
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.899
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.117
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.897
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.343
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Chelidonium majus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55757.