Celandine Poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum.


This flower was found in Antrim Park.

It is on page 162 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.

Common name Celandine poppy Scientific name: Stylophorum diphyllum.

Corolla: 4 separate petals.

Calyx: 2 separate petals.

Adroecium: Around 14 separate stamen. They have separate stamens but their carpels are fused.

Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 4)

Flower type/ovary position: Hypogynous.

Flower symmetry: actinomorphic (regular).

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