Celandine

Celandine were yellow flowers that grew in Beleriand. The elf-lord Glorfindel of Gondolin was said to be arrayed with celandine "as a field in spring". Whenever celandine bloomed during the spring, people would hold sad festivals in memory of Glorfindel.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, III: "The Fall of Gondolin" It is presumed that the yellow flowers which grew on his mound were also celandine.
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