Greater Celandine

Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) could have been one of our early spring plants, as it’s one of the first to appear. At this late stage in spring, it’s fully turned flowers into seedpods and is getting ready to start a new generation for next year. This plant is a member of the poppy family, and its telltale sign of this is its brightly colored sap - egg-yolk yellow, to be specific. The most well-known use of this plant involves this yellow latex, which is applied topically to warts and skin growths; it has an escharotic (chemically removing dead or diseased tissue) effect.