Glaucium Mill.
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Nomenclature
Mill.
Mill.
1754
ICN
Glaucium Mill.
genus
Glaucium
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Descriptions
Glaucium Mill.
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs with yellow to orange latex. Lvs lobed to 1-2-pinnatifid, usually hispid, glaucous. Fls solitary or in lax leafy cymes. Sepals 2, entire, free, falling as fl. opens, not horned. Petals 4, crumpled in bud, yellow to red. Stigma 2-lobed; style very short or 0. Placentae corky, joined in the centre of the ovary to form a septum. Capsules linear, 2-celled, dehiscing by 2 valves. Seeds reniform, without aril.
Taxonomic concepts
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1a364cba-bd61-489c-8884-92392afac546
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 February 2014