Glaucium corniculatum
Blackspot Hornpoppy)
Glaucium corniculatum, Mesa Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe Co. 7756
Glaucium corniculatum, Mesa Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe Co. 7782
Glaucium corniculatum, Mesa Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe Co. 7773
Glaucium corniculatum, Mesa Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe Co. 7764
Glaucium corniculatum, Mesa Trail, Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe Co. 7769
| Scientific Name | Glaucium corniculatum | USDA PLANTS Symbol | GLCO3 |
| Common Name | Blackspot Hornpoppy | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 502799 |
| Family | Papaveraceae (Poppy) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Open fields, pastures, and canyon slopes; native to Europe and SW Asia. Plant: Annual or biennial 12 to 20 inches tall, with branching stems; foliage with sparse to dense covering of coarse whitish hairs. Leaves: Hairy basal and stem leaves, 1-1/2 to 8 inches long, 3/4 to 3-1/8 inches wide, lyrate to pinnatisect with 4–8 pairs of lobes, each with deeply dentate margins; basal leaves petiolate, often withered by flowering time; cauline leaves sessile. Inflorescence: Single red (sometimes pale orange) cup-shaped flowers 1 to 1-1/2 inches across, 1 per peduncle, terminal or in leaf axils; peduncles 3/8 to 1-1/4+ inches long; 2 sepals; 4 petals with a dark spot at base, broadly obovate, 1 to 1-1/2 inches long. Blooming Period: April and May. References: "Shinners & Mahler’s Flora of North Central Texas" by Diggs, Lipscomb and O’Kennon and Flora of North America. |
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Texas Status: Introduced |
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