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Damp
grassy places, riversides, hedgerows
March-May.
0.5-2 cms.
A favourite flower of the poet William Wordsworth, Lesser
Celandine is one of the earliest spring flowers. It was
once used to treat scrofula, the "King's evil".
Modern herbologists prescribe the plant in treatments for
haemorrhoids - hence "Pilewort".
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