POPPY FAMILY 



PAPAVERACE.AE 



CELANDINE POPPY 



Stylop/iorum diphylhim (Michx.) Nutt. 



In contrast with the Bloodroot, which possesses a red 

 juice or latex, the Celandine Poppy has a bright yellow 

 juice. The name Stylophorum means style bearing and 



was given to this 

 plant because most 

 other members of the 

 Poppy family do not 

 have a distinct style. 



This Poppy is limited 

 to a few of the central 

 states. It is found from 

 extreme western Penn- 

 sylvania to Wisconsin 

 and Missouri, and south 

 as far as Tennessee. In 

 Illinois it occurs in the 

 damp woods ot the south 

 but is not common. 



This perennial has a 

 stout underground stem 

 from which rise the basal 

 leaves and flowering stem 

 1-2 feet high. The lower 

 surfaces of the leaves are 

 pale and the upper are 

 bright green. Leave's ot 

 the flowering stem are 1-3 and commonly 2 opposite. 



The flowers are produced from April to May either singly 

 or in clusters of 2 or more. Each has 2 hairy sepals which soon 

 drop off, and 4 striking deep yellow petals. The stamens are 

 numerous and there is i pistil with a distinct style and a 2 or 

 4-lobed stigma. The capsule fruit contains many seeds which 

 are conspicuously crested. 



Bright arc the blossoms of the scarlet sage. 



And bright the velvet vest 



On the nasturtium's breast : 

 Bright are the tulips whvu they reddest rage. 



And bright the cori'opsis" eye : 

 But none of all can with your brilliant beauty vie. 



' Popijies — JoHx HrssELL Hayes 



120 



