Glaucium

Red Horn poppy ( Glaucium corniculatum )

Horn poppy ( Glaucium ) is a plant genus of the family poppy family ( Papaveraceae ). The botanical name refers to the color of the plant (Latin: glaucus = teal). There are species in North America, Europe and in the central and southwestern Asia.

Features

There are one-, two - or perennial herbaceous plants. The change-constant leaves are usually lobed. Stipules are not available.

The flowers appear singly or combined in zymösen or racemose inflorescences. You have articulated in calyx and corolla, hermaphrodite, radiärsymmetrische flowers. The two sepals covering for protection in knospigen stage the petals and fall off when opening the flowers. So open flowers have supposedly only one petal circle. There are four petals present. In each flower free stamens are present are many (50 to 100), which are formed centripetally. Two carpels are fused into a superior ovaries. Pollination is by insects ( entomophily ).

Typical morphology of the species are the blue-green color of stems and foliage leaves and the yellow milky juice, and with two flap from the top almost to the base opening, cylindrical ( flavum at Glaucium horn-shaped ) fruit capsule. It contains many dark brown seeds.

Species

There are about 20 to 25 species (selection):

  • Red Horn poppy ( Glaucium corniculatum (L.) Rudolph), Origin: Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa
  • Glaucium elegans Fish. & Mey, home. Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
  • Glaucium fimbrilligerum ( Trautv. ) Boiss, home. Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • Yellow horned poppy ( Glaucium flavum Crantz ), Origin: Europe, North Africa, the Near East
  • Large-flowered horn poppy ( Glaucium grandiflorum Boiss & A. Huet. ), Origin: Turkey, Iran
  • Altai - horned poppy ( Glaucium squamigerum Kar & Kir. ), Origin: Central Asia ( Altai ), China ( Xinjiang )
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