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Yellow horned-poppy Glaucium flavum


Best time to see: mid Jun to mid Sep

Key facts

A striking bright-yellow poppy of shingle banks and coastal dunes, whose flo

The 'horns' that give it its name are the long, curling seed pods that follow the flowers

Bluish, deeply lobed leaves covered with fine hairs

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Photo © Janet Spencer

Photo © Owen Keen