Common name:
Yellow horned poppy
Family:
Scientific name:
Glaucium flavum
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK except far north Scotland; in coastal regions
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Coastal bluffs, pebble beach margins, waste ground
Flowers:
Four large, overlapping yellow petals, up to 4 cm long, centred on a group of yellow stamens, and a pair of hairy, grey-green sepals
Fruit:
Long (up to 30 cm), spender, curved capsules
Leaves:
Greyish-blue, with a waxy surface, covered by short hairs. Pinnately divided or lobed, the segments rounded at the tip
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
