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Glaucium calycinum

Glaucium calycinum
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0

Glaucium calycinum is a short-lived biennial horned poppy endemic to Iran, typically 18 to 40 cm tall with yellow-to-orange flowers, found on roadsides and hillsides. It is a wild species and is not commonly grown as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; it tolerates dry conditions once established.
Soil
Well-drained, clay-rich or bare ground.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters in its native range; exact limits not documented.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. & S. Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Glaucium calycinum is a species of flowering plant in the horned poppy genus which is endemic to Iran.

Where it grows

Glaucium calycinum is only found in Iran, making it endemic to the country. Specifically, plants of the species have been recorded from the central, northern, and northwestern parts of Iran. The plant grows along roads and on hillsides, and the ground on which it is found is clay-rich or bare. The species is found at elevations of 280–2,000 metres (310–2,190 yd).

Other Glaucium plants

Glaucium grandiflorum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glaucium calycinum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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