Biology:Papaver lateritium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae

Papaver lateritium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Papaver
Species:
P. lateritium
Binomial name
Papaver lateritium
K.Koch
Synonyms[1]
  • Papaver orientale var. lateritiumz (K.Koch) Kuntze

Papaver lateritium, the Armenian poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.[1][2] It is endemic to Armenian Highlands, Georgia and North Eastern Turkey (Black Sea mountains).[3][4]

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.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7132527 entry