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| 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 |
