Edwin Giesbers / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) close up of pistil and stamens, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Nigel Cattlin / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) on shingle. Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. May.

Gary K. Smith / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) growing on shingle beach, Norfolk, UK, August

Philippe Clement / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) in flower, Belgium, June

Nick Upton / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) flowering with the Aegean Sea and the coast of Turkey in the background, Eftalou, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) flowering with the Aegean Sea and the coast of Turkey in the background, Eftalou, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Colin Varndell / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) seed pods, Chesil beach, Dorset, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) single plant flowering amongst concrete sea defences, Norfolk, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) growing on shingle saltings, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) in flower surrounded by washed up Razor shell (Ensis siliqua) shells at lowtide, The Wash, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Yellow-horned poppy (Glauciun flavum) flowering on shingle, Norfolk, UK, September

Ernie Janes / Yellow-horned poppy (Glauciun flavum) flowering on shingle, Norfolk, UK, September

Ernie Janes / Sand dunes covered in flowering plants including Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) and purple orchids, Burnham Overy, Norfolk, UK, June

Edwin Giesbers / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Edwin Giesbers / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) flowering on sand dune, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain May 2009

Philippe Clement / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) in flower, the Netherlands

Robert Thompson / Yellow horned poppy {Glaucium flavum} Annalong Coastal Path, County Down.

Robert Thompson / Yellow horned poppy {Glaucium flavum} Annalong Coastal Path, County Down.

Gary K. Smith / Yellow Horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) growing on coastal shingle ridge, Norfolk, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Yellow Horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) growing on coastal shingle ridge, Norfolk, UK, August,

Simon Colmer / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) flowering on vegetated shingle, Climping, Sussex, UK

Simon Colmer / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) on vegetated shingle, Climping, Sussex, UK

Tony Evans / Yellow horned poppy flowering on shingle {Glaucium flavum} UK

Tony Evans / Yellow horned poppy flowering on shingle {Glaucium flavum} UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Yellow horned poppy flowering on beach {Glaucium flavum} Alicante, Spain

Paul Hobson / Yellow horned poppy on beach {Glaucium flavum} Norfolk UK

Adrian Davies / Yellow horned poppy on beach {Glaucium flavum} Devon UK

Mike Read / Yellow horned-poppy (Glaucium flavum) with Sea kale (Crambe maritima) growing on shingle beyond, Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) plant with flowers and long seedpods on Chesil Beach shingle, Dorset, England, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) plant with flowers and long seedpods on Chesil Beach shingle, Dorset, England, UK, June.