Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus)

Family: Papaveraceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves - cooked in small quantities. They contain small amounts of toxic alkaloids. The leaves are boiled with clean earth, the mixture is left overnight and then thoroughly washed in several changes of water. — Leaves - cooked in small quantities.; They contain small amounts of toxic alkaloids.; The leaves are boiled with clean earth, the mixture is left overnight and then thoroughly washed in several changes of water.; Very much a famine food, to be used when all else fails!!.

Habitat & North American Range

Rubble, damp ground, banks, hedgerows and by walls, nearly always close to human habitations. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)