Papaver lateritium

Papaver lateritium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Papaver
Species: P. lateritium
Binomial name
Papaver lateritium
K.Koch

Papaver lateritium, the Armenian poppy, is a species of poppy endemic to Armenian Highlands.[1] [2]

Description

Mostly basal leaves, lanceolate, coarsely- toothed to pinnately-lobed, leaves and stems hairy; solitary flowers, bright brick red, sometimes apricot, 4.5-6 cm across, orange-yellow anthers; sepals covered in long yellowish hairs; fruit capsule club-shaped, broadest below stigmatic disk; stoloniferous perennial; up to 50 cm; stems unbranched. [3]

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References

  1. Papaver lateritium. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  2. http://www.alchemy-works.com/papaver_lateritium.html
  3. Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation.
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