Glaucium corniculatum (L.) Rudolph

Usually annual, rarely biennial, starting as a tufted rosette; stems slender to stout, pubescent, glaucous, sprawling to erect, 10–15 cm tall. Lvs glaucous. Lower lvs elliptic to obovate; lamina 1–(2)-pinnatifid, petiolate, hairy on both surfaces, 5–10 × 3–6 cm; leaflets coarsely toothed. Upper lvs smaller, ovate to triangular, pinnatifid, sessile, amplexicaul, hairy on both surfaces. Pedicel slender at flowering, stout at fruiting, ± glabrous, 1–2 cm long. Sepals pubescent, c. 8 × 3 mm. Petals orange to red, broadly obovate, up to 2 × 2 cm. Capsule hairy throughout its length, ± straight or curved at base, (60)–90–150 × 2–4 mm.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Jan.–Mar.; Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.