Plants : PapaveraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Glaucium flavum Crantz

Yellow Horned Poppy

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Glaucium flavum

Description: The common name derives from its yellow flower and long, horn-like fruit which succeeeds it. A rare and local species of the Co Down coast, mostly from the stretch south from Bloody Bridge.

All names: Glaucium flavum Crantz; Glaucium luteum Crantz; Glaucium glaucium (L.) Karst.

Distribution Map from NBN: Glaucium flavum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Glaucium flavum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Glaucium flavum. Crantz. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2774. Accessed on 2026-11-02.