Family: Papaveraceae Yellow Horned Poppy Glaucium flavum Flowering time: June - September. Biennial / short-lived perennial Mainly coastal on cliffs, dunes and shingle beaches The long-stalked yellow flowers are followed by very long, sickle-shaped, seed capsules. Fleshy grey-green basal leaves grow from an over-wintering basal rosette. Height 30-90cm. The plant contains a yellow latex and all parts of the plant are toxic, including the seeds.

Yellow Horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum
Studland, Dorset. August 2007