The celandine-poppy is named for the greater celandine (Chelidonium majus), a closely related European plant with similar-shaped leaves.

Stylophorum (Celandine-poppy) is a genus of three species of herbaceous perennial plants native to woodland in eastern North America and China.

One Ontario population of the Wood Poppy is in a conservation area.

In spring, the deep yellow flowers of the Wood Poppy appear as a brilliant display on the forest floor.

Stylophorum diphyllum (celandine poppy, wood poppy)

Members of the Poppy Family are characterized by their production of latex, which in the case of the Wood Poppy is yellow.

The Wood Poppy is listed under Ontario's Endangered Species Act, 2007, which protects the species and its habitat.

As the Wood Poppy requires semi-shaded conditions, even selective logging can have negative effects by creating large openings that allow too much sun to reach the forest floor.

Stylophorum diphyllum (celandine-poppy, wood poppy, poppywort) is a herbaceous perennial native to moist woodland in eastern North America, valued for its yellow flowers.

While the primroses are the stars of Mrs. Eddison's woodland garden, there are other players here: wood poppies, whose yellow faces look like big buttercups, and the pale green fiddleheads of ostrich ferns, which also will take over if you let them.

Stylophorum diphyllum (celandine-poppy, wood poppy, poppywort) is a herbaceous perennial native to moist woodland in eastern North America, valued for its yellow flowers.

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Stylophorum diphyllum (celandine poppy, wood poppy)

Stylophorum diphyllum (celandine-poppy, wood poppy, poppywort) is a herbaceous perennial native to moist woodland in eastern North America, valued for its yellow flowers.

Flowering species include bleeding heart, columbine, hellebore, hosta, celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum), Solomon's seal, turtlehead, foam flower (Tiarella cordifolia), Tovara virginianum, hardy begonia and astilbe.