[10] Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids like pavine often have a variety of pharmacological actions, and as a result some have medical uses such as analgesic or anticancer effects while others have significant toxicity.

glaucum (from the word glaucous) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

[2] It is written as 黄唐松草 in Chinese script and known as huang tang song cao in Pidgin in China.

In Asia, it is found in the Caucasus, (within Azerbaijan and Georgia) Russian Federation, (within Amur and Primorye), China, (Xinjiang,[16]) Kazakhstan, Siberia and Turkey.

[2] The larva of the Perizoma sagittata (Marsh Carpet moth) are found on the plant, eating the seeds and the flowers.

glaucum 'Ruth Lynden-Bell'[20] have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.