Glaucium corniculatum

Sunset

Zones 2-24, 31-43

Full

Moderate

Roots are poisonous if ingested.

Red Horned Poppy
Papaveraceae
Annuals

GLAUCIUM

Gray-green leaves of these plants are lobed or finely cut. Cup-shaped, fourpetaled, 2-in. flowers are individually short lived, but they keep coming during summer bloom season. Flowers are followed by unusually long (to 1 ft.), slender seed capsules. Sow seeds in place in fall or early spring.

Glaucium corniculatum

From Europe, southwest Asia. Grows 1 to 1 1/2 ft. high and as wide. Gray-green leaves are lobed or finely cut. Cup-shaped, four-petaled, 2-in. orange-red flowers are individually short lived, but they keep coming during summer bloom season. Flowers are followed by unusually long (to 1 ft.), slender seed capsules.