Glaucium

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Glaucium
Flower Dellys beach.jpg
A Glaucium species growing on the coast of Algeria
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe:
Genus: Glaucium
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Glaucium (horned poppy) is a genus of about 25 species of annual, biennial or perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Europe, north Africa, and southwest and central Asia.[1] The species commonly occur in saline habitats, including coasts and salt pans.

List of species[]

  • Glaucium calycinum
  • Glaucium corniculatum, sea poppy
  • Glaucium cuneatum
  • Glaucium flavum, yellow horned poppy
  • Glaucium grandiflorum, grand-flowered horned poppy
  • Glaucium oxylobum
  • Glaucium secmenii

References[]

  1. ^ "Glaucium Mill.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 February 2022.


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