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23-MAY-2013 Christine Hanrahan

Celandine (Chelidonium majus)

Also in the old field area, I saw some celandine popping up. This non-native garden plant has been growing in that area for years and years, a legacy of the time when leaves from gardens were dumped there for use as compost. In Britain it is also known as swallowwort (just like our beloved pale swallowwort!). The name derives from the blooming time in Britain coinciding with the return of swallows. Wort, of course, is an old English name for plant.

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