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Blackspot hornpoppy

Glaucium corniculatum

Also called Red Horned Poppy, Black Spot Horned Poppy, Bristly Horned Poppy

Blackspot hornpoppy
Photo: User User:Alberto Salguero on es.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Glaucium corniculatum, the blackspot hornpoppy or red horned-poppy, is a species of the genus Glaucium in the poppy family (Papaveraceae). It is an annual flowering plant, occurring in southern Europe, and grows up to 1 foot (30 cm) high. The stem and leaves are hairy, the capsule fruit is covered with stiff hair, the flower is red, with a black spot on the base of the tepal bract, which has a yellow margin around it. The flower appears from June until August.

Other Glaucium plants

Glaucium calycinum · Glaucium cuneatum · Yellow hornpoppy · Glaucium grandiflorum · Glaucium oxylobum · Glaucium secmenii · Hornpoppy

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glaucium corniculatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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