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Papaveraceae

Blackspot hornpoppy

Glaucium corniculatum (L.) Curtis

Family
Papaveraceae
Genus
Glaucium

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Blackspot hornpoppy: Name: Glaucium corniculatum Description: Glaucium corniculatum
Photo: עוזי פז, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Arabic
ماميثا برتقالية, ماميثا عنقائية
English
Blackspot hornpoppy

Synonyms

  • Chelidonium aurantiacum Salisb.
  • Chelidonium corniculatum L.
  • Chelidonium glabrum Mill.
  • Chelidonium phoeniceum (Crantz) Lam.
  • Chelidonium rubrum Poir.
  • Glaucium aurantiacum Martrin-Donos
  • Glaucium aureum K.Koch
  • Glaucium caricum Stapf
  • Glaucium corniculatum f. pinnatifidum Kuntze
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. aurantiacum (Martrin-Donos) Rouy & Foucaud
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. caricum (Stapf) Kuntze
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. flaviflorum DC.
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. phoeniceum (Crantz) DC.
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. purpureum E.Rev.
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. rubrum (Sm.) Boiss.
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. sublobatum Kuntze
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. tricolor (Bernh.) Ledeb.
  • Glaucium corniculatum var. tricolor Loret & Barrandon
  • Glaucium grenieranum Shuttlew.
  • Glaucium intermedium Link
  • Glaucium phoeniceum Crantz
  • Glaucium rubrum Sm.
  • Glaucium tricolor Bernh. ex Spreng.
  • Mosenthinia glaucium Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.