Celandine Poppy

 Stylophorum diphyllum 

Siting Information

• Date: June 10, 2021
• Time: 11:30 a.m.
• Location: Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (100 Museum Road, Stevens, PA 17578)
• Habitat: wildflower garden area in front of visitor's center
• Weather: approximately 75 degrees Fahrenheit, some clouds, humid

I had to do research to clarify my identification of this flower because the Celandine looks so much like the Celandine Poppy.  The Celandine Poppy has a slightly larger flower (this one was about 1 1/2 inches wide) with wider petals that often occurs singularly.  The seed pods are unique--bristled, rounded, and dangling.

Greater calendine vs. calendine poppy. (n.d.). BP Plant.              Retrieved June 10, 2021, from                                           https://bplant.org/compare/586-8527

 The oppositely arranged leaves are divided with deep lobes.  The entire plant was only about one foot off the ground. 

 (Newcomb, 2011, p. 162)