''Stylophorum lasiocarpum'', the Chinese celandine poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Papaveraceae The Papaveraceae are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales, informally known as the poppy family. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperat ...

, native to central China. A biennial or short-lived perennial reaching , it is hardy to

USDA zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most wide ...

4, and is readily available from commercial suppliers. It produces a succession of yellow flowers from late spring to late summer, and its seed capsules explosively release their seeds when ripe.

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Papaveroideae Garden plants of Asia Endemic flora of China Flora of North-Central China Flora of South-Central China Plants described in 1909 {{Ranunculales-stub