Re: Fun to touch plants-glaucium flavum

This poppy ,Karen, is, as Moira wrote ,a glaucium-  Glaucium flavum, and you can  see  hundreds of them  now in bloom, not far from where you live, on  Mount Pendeli at 500m altitude, by the side road,on the way going to Aghios Petros.
You can  buy it at Paragiou's nursery-in Nea Pendeli, where you can also find other small plants you won't find anywhere else-mainly natives and med-plants.
Glaucium flavum is a very easy ,tough and draught resistant plant-useful in dry gardens by the coast but also in  much colder areas.

Irini Ramphou-Athens
 

Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:

Vavourakis wrote:
>
> In winter I visited Arkitsa, a small resort town across from the island of Evia.
> While walking along the beach I spotted a field of silver wooly ruffled plants
> which were so decorative and tactile, I reached down and pulled a small one up
> by the roots.  It has turned out to be a papaver, although I'm not sure which
> kind (atlanticum?) and has been blooming for weeks now.  The buds nod, then look
> upward when ready to open.  Deep buttery yellow flowers.  In this case, the
> touching came first and the flower was a bonus!

Karen
A_Yellow_ flowered poppy growing on the beach would surely be a
Glaucium. All the Medit Papavers I can find in my book (Just a book of
wildflowers not a proper flora) have pink purple or red flowers and
moreover Glauciums are typically beach plants.

Atlanticum I know little about, but Harkness says it is dull orange and
comes from Morocco. It is also 1-2 feet tall, so doesn't sound much lke
your treasure.

Glaucium must be a very widespread genus, as we also get horned poppies
on our beaches here.
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time

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