Hypecoum dimidiatum

Hypecoum dimidiatum

Hypecoum dimidiatum is an annual plant of the Papaveraceae family. it has big yellow flowers, with 4 petals arranged in a rectangle - 2 big ones and 2 small ones. it grows mostly on the edge of desert, but also on Mount Hermon - the Irano-Turanian region. the Beduines have extracted opium-like substance from it.
Hypecoum dimidiatum  Hypecoum dimidiatum

Distribution

from Sinai to Syria - including Israel, Jordan and Lebanon

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderRanunculales
FamilyPapaveraceae
GenusHypecoum
SpeciesHypecoum dimidiatum
Photographed in
Israel