Papaveraceae
Plume poppy
Macleaya cordata
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Macleaya
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- ماكليا كورداتا
- Azerbaijani
- Ürəkvari makleya
- Chinese
- 博落回, 博落迴, 三钱三, 勃勒回, 勃逻回, 号筒杆, 号筒树, 号筒管
- Czech
- Makleja srdčitá
- Danish
- Hvid Jodplante
- English
- Plume poppy
- Finnish
- Herttahuisku-unikko
- German
- Federmohn, Weißer Federmohn
- hsb
- Pjerojty mak
- Japanese
- タケニグサ, チャンパギク
- Russian
- Маклейя сердцевидная
- Swedish
- Vippvallmo
Synonyms
- Bocconia cordata Willd.
- Bocconia cordata var. thunbergii Miq.
- Bocconia japonica hort. ex André
- Bocconia jedoensis Carrière
- Macleaya cordata var. yedoensis (André) Fedde
- Macleaya yedoensis (Carrière) André
- Marzaria cordata (Willd.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.