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Glaucium
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Glaucium

Glaucium (horned poppy) is a genus of about 25 species of annual, biennial or perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Europe, north Africa, and southwest and central Asia. The species commonly occur in saline habitats, including coasts and salt pans.

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22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow Horned Poppy

speciesGlaucium flavum

Red Horned Poppy

speciesGlaucium corniculatum

Eastern Horned Poppy

speciesGlaucium leiocarpum

Annual Horned Poppy

speciesGlaucium elegans

Glaucium squamigerum

speciesGlaucium squamigerum

Glaucium fimbrilligerum

speciesGlaucium fimbrilligerum

Glaucium grandiflorum

speciesGlaucium grandiflorum

Glaucium arabicum

speciesGlaucium arabicum

Glaucium contortuplicatum

speciesGlaucium contortuplicatum

Glaucium oxylobum

speciesGlaucium oxylobum

Glaucium calycinum

speciesGlaucium calycinum

Glaucium vitellinum

speciesGlaucium vitellinum

Glaucium acutidentatum

speciesGlaucium acutidentatum

Glaucium yazdianum

speciesGlaucium yazdianum

Glaucium aleppicum

speciesGlaucium aleppicum

Glaucium secmenii

speciesGlaucium secmenii

Glaucium mathiolifolium

speciesGlaucium mathiolifolium

Glaucium alakirensis

speciesGlaucium alakirensis

Glaucium afghanicum

speciesGlaucium afghanicum

Glaucium insigne

speciesGlaucium insigne

Glaucium cappadocicum

speciesGlaucium cappadocicum

Glaucium cuneatum

speciesGlaucium cuneatum

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Glaucium in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.263

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