It has thick, leathery deeply segmented, wavy, bluish-grey leaves, which are coated in a layer of water-retaining wax.

In south-eastern Europe, within Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Sicily and Malta, North Macedonia, Romania, and Slovenia.

[4] All parts of the plant, including the seeds, are toxic, and can cause a wide range of symptoms if eaten,[4] and respiratory failure, resulting in death.

A poppy grows upon the shore, Bursts her twin cups in summer late: Her leaves are glaucus-green and hoar, Her petals yellow, delicate.

She has no lovers like the red, That dances with the noble corn: Her blossoms on the waves are shed, Where she stands shivering and forlorn.

Sea Poppies: Amber husk fluted with gold, fruit on the sand marked with a rich grain,

your stalk has caught root among wet pebbles and drift flung by the sea and grated shells and split conch-shells.

[17] Glaucine has bronchodilator and antiinflammatory effects, acting as a PDE4 inhibitor and calcium channel blocker,[18] and is used medically as an antitussive in some countries.