Glaucium corniculatum - Red Horned-poppy - (Papaveraceae)

This member of the Poppy family (Papaveraceae) grows mainly in coastal habitats. Its flowers are usually red or orange, but occasionally yellow with a black centre.

Red Horned-poppy

Picture by kind permission of Anne Horsfall

Red Horned-poppy blooms from April to June in abandoned farmland, scrub and wasteland.

This specimen was photographed in Crete.