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|accepted_name=Glaucium
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|place=4. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Horned-poppy;sea-poppy
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Glaucium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Glaucium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek glaukos, gray-green, in reference to color of waxy bloom on all parts
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, biennial, or perennial, caulescent, glaucous, from taproots; sap yellow. <b>Stems</b> leafy, sometimes becoming woody at base. <b>Leaves</b>: basal rosulate, petiolate; cauline alternate, sessile; blades 1-2× pinnately lobed [unlobed]. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or terminal, 1-flowered; bracts present. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2, distinct; petals 4; stamens many; pistil 2-carpellate; ovary 2-locular; style absent or indistinct; stigma 2-lobed. <b>Capsules</b> erect, 2-valved, dehiscing from apex [base]. <b>Seeds</b> many, dark brown, reticulate-pitted, embedded in pithy septum, aril absent. <b>x</b> = 6.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Europe;c;sw Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 20-25 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Basal leaves few, glabrate to moderately pubescent; blades of distal leaves not distinctly clasping stem; petals orange to reddish orange, usually with blackish basal spot; capsules straight to slightly curved, pubescent or glabrate.
|[[Glaucium corniculatum|Glaucium corniculatum]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Basal leaves numerous, densely pubescent; distal blades of distal leaves distinctly clasping stem; petals yellow or orange-yellow, sometimes with reddish to violet basal spot; capsules mostly distinctly curved, glabrous, tuberculate, or scabrous.
|[[Glaucium flavum|Glaucium flavum]]
|}
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name=Glaucium
|authority=Miller
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=North America;Europe;c;sw Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed.
|publication year=1754
|special status=
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|genus=Glaucium
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