Common name: Bristly Horned Poppy, Horned Poppy
Glaucium corniculatum (L.) Rudolph APNI* Synonyms: Chelidonium corniculatum L. APNI*
Description: Erect or spreading annual to 1 m high.
Leaves to c. 15 cm long, pinnately lobed, the lobes toothed, roughly hairy; lower leaves shortly petiolate, the upper leaves sessile.
Petals 2–3 cm long, crimson (or yellow), or red to orange with a black or dark spot at base, readily shed.
Capsule 10–25 cm long; seeds numerous.
Distribution and occurrence: uncommon minor weed. Native of Europe.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CWS, *SWP, *NFWP, *SFWP
Other Australian states: *Vic. *N.T. *S.A. *W.A.
Sometimes cultivated, including cultivars.
Text by S.W.L. Jacobs, Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
Taxon concept: Australian Plant Census (accessed April 2017)
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