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Glaucium arabicum
I am not sure about the name: Glaucium leiocarpum, as I found the same plant here on Project Noah as Claucium corniculatum (Blackspot Hornpoppy), however according to 'Flora of Israel Online' (University of Jerusalem) Leicoarpum might be correct. ???? (http://flora.org.il/plants/GLALEI/ ) It is a small poppy, and very often I see just small patches with just one flower at a time, no bushes. Albeit they might 'branch out', as see here on the pictures.
I see this poppy a lot in the mountain area of St. Katherine.
A Bedouin explained to me that the seeds are used to make medicine for the eyes. Unfortunately my Arabic is not good enough, so I could understand for which kind of eye condition it is used....
Spotted on Apr 9, 2014
Submitted on May 9, 2014
7 Comments
Thanks! Will change the name now :)
I'm sure, it is true that in Sinai they are paler compared with S Jordan and S Israel. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/106...
They also resemble Glaucium leiocarpum, but this one is a more northern species
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo6...
Are you sure, Ori? I never saw these (with the long seed pods) with only red flowers, they are always yellow/orange with red only in the middle.
This is Glaucium arabicum
Thanks for the explanation! :)
Glaucium leiocarpum could be a synonym for Glaucium corniculatum var. leiocarpum: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/recor...
It's not uncommon for the names on Flora of Israel to be different than what I find in other literature. (And their site used to be in English too, but they are re-doing it at the moment and I hope we get the English back soon!) See my comment on my spotting about the medicinal use: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/276...
Lovely flower and interesting info.