Species

Glaucium flavum

Etymology

Glaucium: From the Greek glaukos 'grey-green' or 'sea green', possibly after the mythical fisherman who was changed into a sea-god in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Common Name(s)

Horned poppy

Family

Papaveraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

GLAFLA

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1878

Origin

W. Europe, Mediterranean, S.W. Asia

This page last updated on 10 May 2011