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*Macleaya cordata (Willdenow) R. Brown. Common name: Plume-poppy, Tree-celandine. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Moist streambanks, persistent and escaped from horticultural use. Distribution: Native of e. Asia. Reported as naturalized in TN by Kral (1981). "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" (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019).

Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA3, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO; = Bocconia cordata Willd. — Tat; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Bocconia cordata Willd. 1797

Links to other floras: = Macleaya cordata - FNA3

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native range: eastern Asia



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