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- To find the celandine in nature
- Typical locations of celandine
- The spread along human settlement routes
- Ants as propagation aids
- Tips
Celandine is found mainly in warm, humid locations
To find the celandine in nature
Its relationship to the opium poppy is not necessarily obvious to the celandine. The easiest way to find this herbaceous, perennial plant during flowering is to add the delicate yellow flowers to the pinnate leaves and the stems filled with yellow milky sap.
Typical locations of celandine
The celandine loves sites that meet the following criteria:
The fact that the celandine on the one hand requires a certain amount of moisture, but on the other hand grows on rocky screes and fallow is not necessarily a contradiction: Finally, this plant has a strong taproot, with the superficial stone and gravel layers water supplies can be achieved in the soil. Thus, the celandine can not only watch on the banks of streams and ponds, but also along southern natural stone walls, at forest edges and in sparse deciduous forests. Since the celandine grows well even with little care, you should sow it in the garden in a location with potential for propagation.When collecting celandine in nature, you should be aware that it is poisonous when ingested.
The spread along human settlement routes
The celandine is considered not only as a nitrogen indicator, but also as a so-called culture follower. After all, it used to be spread to various regions of Europe and even to North America along human habitation routes. This is primarily due to its earlier use as warts and also due to the internal use that is no longer so common today due to the danger. Often, larger celandine stocks can still be found along roadsides and around settlements.
Ants as propagation aids
The seeds of celandine are sometimes referred to as "ant bread". The shiny black seeds found in the elongated, pod-shaped seed capsules have a soft oil body, which is an attractive source of food for ants. After consumption of this oil body in the construction of the inedible remainder of the seeds is transported by the ants again from the ant building and distributed in this way in the countryside. Therefore, when looking for celandine, look for anthills and roads, as they can often be an axis for the spread of celandine.
Tips
If you want to stem the overgrowth of celandine by digging up the roots in autumn, make sure that the toxins of celandine accumulate particularly strongly in the taproots in autumn.