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Glaucium grandiflorum

Glaucium grandiflorum
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0

Glaucium grandiflorum, the great-flowered horned poppy, is a short-lived perennial from the Eastern Mediterranean to Iran, with blue-grey scalloped leaves and orange-red summer flowers. It suits sunny, well-drained sites and is usually grown outdoors.

Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, free-draining soil; tolerates poor, dry ground.
Temperature
Hardy to mild frost; protect from prolonged freezing and waterlogging.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Toxic: Like other horned poppies, the plant contains alkaloids and latex that can be harmful if ingested.
Native range
E. Medit. to Iran
Climate
subtropical

About

Glaucium grandiflorum, the great-flowered horned poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the horned poppy genus which is native to the Middle East.

Where it grows

Glaucium grandiflorum has a distribution from the Eastern Mediterranean to Iran.

Other Glaucium plants

Glaucium calycinum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glaucium grandiflorum 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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