Glaucium flavum

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Plant Characteristics
Height: 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width: 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Lifespan: perennial, annual, biennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers, ground cover
USDA Zones: 7 to 10
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

Papaveraceae >

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Glaucium flavum (Yellow hornpoppy) is an ornamental plant in the Papaveraceae family, which is native to Western Europe. As with all poppies the seeds are edible. [1] It is a noxious weed in some areas of North America, where it is an introduced species.


Read about Glaucium flavum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Glaucium flavum, Crantz (G. luteum. Scop.). Horn Poppy, or Sea Poppy. Sts. stout, 1-2 ft., pubescent: radical lvs. 2-pinnate and hairy, the upper clasping and sinuate-pinnatifid and cordate at the base: fls. generally solitary, on long sts. 2-3 in. across, vellow or orange. Eu.—Sparingly naturalized E. Perennial or biennial; sometimes grown as an annual. Var. tricolor, Hort. (G. tricolor, Vilm.) has been advertised. It has parti-colored fls. and is showy.

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  1. Mears, R. and Hillman, G. C. (2007) Wild food. London, Hodder & Stoughton.