Papaveraceae

Yellow horned poppy

Glaucium flavum Crantz

Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Glaucium

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Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) — FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (38)

Arabic: ماميثا صفراء, قرن الجديان, نعمان, ماميثا رمادية, ماميثا ساحلية
arz: ماميثا صفراء
azb: ساری بوینوزلاله
Azerbaijani: Sarı buynuzlalə
Bulgarian: Жълта папаронка
Catalan: Cascall marí, Carxofera de prat, Cascall de mar, Ciuró bord, Glaucienne jaune, Rosella marina, Trepó marí
Chinese: 金花海罂粟, 金花海罌粟, 黄海罂粟, 黄花海罂粟, 黃花海罌粟
Czech: Rohatec žlutý
Danish: Strand-Hornskulpe
Dutch: Gele hoornpapaver
English: Yellow horned poppy, Yellow hornpoppy
Estonian: Kollane sarvmagun
Finnish: Keltaneidonunikko
French: Glaucienne jaune
frr: Güül klapruus
German: Gelber Hornmohn, Glaucienne jaune
Greek: Γλαύκιο το κίτρινο
gv: Barrag wuigh
Hebrew: פרגה מצויה
hsb: Žołty mak
Igbo: Yellow horned poppy
Irish: Caillichín na trá
Italian: Papavero giallo
kw: Myll gornek velyn
Kyrgyz: Саргалдай гүлү
Lithuanian: Glaucienne jaune
Macedonian: Жолт афион
Norwegian Bokmål: Gul hornvalmue
Persian: شقایق شاخدار زرد
Polish: Siwiec żółty
Russian: Глауциум жёлтый, Мачок желтый, Мачок жёлтый
Slovak: Rohatec žltý
Slovenian: Rumena ceduljka
Spanish: Adormidera/amapola marina, Amapola loca, Adormidera marina, Glaucio
Swedish: Strandvallmo, Glaucienne jaune
Turkish: Sarı boynuzlu gelincik
Ukrainian: Мачок жовтий
Welsh: Pabi corniog melyn

Synonyms

Chelidonium fulvum Poir.
Chelidonium glaucium L.
Chelidonium glaucum Hill
Chelidonium littorale Salisb.
Glaucium corniculatum f. grandiflorum Kuntze
Glaucium corniculatum f. sublobatum Kuntze
Glaucium corniculatum var. braunianum Kuntze
Glaucium corniculatum var. flavum (Crantz) Kuntze
Glaucium corniculatum var. fulvum (Sm.) Kuntze
Glaucium corniculatum var. mauritanicum Kuntze
Glaucium corniculatum var. tricolor (Godr.) Kuntze
Glaucium fischeri Bernh.
Glaucium flavum f. obtusilobum Fedde
Glaucium flavum f. subleiocarpum Kuzmanov & Gegova
Glaucium flavum var. fulvum (Sm.) Fedde
Glaucium flavum var. plenum Halácsy
Glaucium flavum var. serpieri (Heldr.) Halácsy
Glaucium fulvum Sm.
Glaucium glaucium (L.) H.Karst.
Glaucium glaucum Moench
Glaucium littorale Salisb.
Glaucium luteum Crantz
Glaucium luteum Scop.
Glaucium luteum var. glabratum Willk. & Lange
Glaucium luteum var. vestitum Willk. & Lange
Glaucium maculatum Szov.
Glaucium richardsonii Bernh. ex Fedde
Glaucium serpieri Heldr.
Glaucium tricolor Godr.
Papaver cornutum Garsault

Flowers

In flower: April to August (from 1,191 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dino Babić, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Felix Puff, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Athan, CC0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Johannes, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris Taklis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wouter Hagens, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AudreyMuratet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.