Glaucium flavum Crantz. (Yellow horned-poppy)

Glaucium flavum Crantz. – (Yellow horned-poppy)

Biannual plant of the Poppy family -Papaveraceae- up to 80 cm. Its name comes from the Greek Glaukos, meaning ashy due to the white ash-like color of the plant. Stems with yellow latex. Thick leaves; lower ones with long petiole; upper ones unstalked, embracing the stems. Yellow flowers, till 9 cm wide with four petals. The fruit is a capsule, long, curved. In salty, sandy places with much organic debris, river beds, dry paths, dunes, rocky places, etc.