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Glaucium flavum Crantz

yellow horned poppy (Papaveraceae)

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Glaucium flavum is a characteristic species of vegetated coastal shingle in England, Wales, southern and eastern Ireland, and southern parts of Scotland; it and Papaver cambricum are our only native poppies.

Portsmouth (VC11: South Hampshire); 2008-07-12

 yellow horned poppy / Glaucium flavum: _Glaucium flavum_ is a characteristic species of vegetated coastal shingle in England, Wales, southern and eastern Ireland, and southern parts of Scotland; it and _Papaver cambricum_ are our only native poppies.

Close-up of flower and conspicuous, elongated fruit

Portsmouth (VC11: South Hampshire); 2008-07-12

 yellow horned poppy / Glaucium flavum: Close-up of flower and conspicuous, elongated fruit

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