Glaucium | |
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A Glaucium species growing on the coast of Algeria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Subfamily: | Papaveroideae |
Tribe: | Chelidonieae |
Genus: | Glaucium Mill. |
Species | |
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Glaucium (horned poppy) is a genus of about 25 species of annual, biennial or perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to Europe, north Africa, and southwest and central Asia.[1] The species commonly occur in saline habitats, including coasts and salt pans.