Macleaya cordata, the five-seeded plume-poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, which is used ornamentally. It is native to China and Japan. It is a large herbaceous perennial growing to 2.5m (8ft) tall by 1m (3ft) or more wide, with olive green leaves and airy panicles of buff-white flowers in summer.