Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Papaver dubium
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
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Learn more about Long-headed Poppy from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver dubium
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-004:
Papaver dubium
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Papaver dubium
COMMON NAME:
Long-headed Poppy, Blind Eyes
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_padu_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_papaver_dubium_0004
May Iredell County NC
Flower: petals orange to red, rarely with dark basal spot; anthers violet, per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_papaver_dubium_0005
May Iredell County NC
Capsule sessile or substipitate, narrowly obovoid, usually distinctly ribbed, per Flora of North America.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_papaver_dubium_0013
May Iredell County NC
The stigma is a 5-9 rayed, radially lobed disk on the summit of the ovary, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Papaver dubium
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver dubium
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-004:
Papaver dubium
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Papaver dubium
2850
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon to rare in NC, SC
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has white to yellowish latex (milky sap)
LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately parted or divided
Basal rosette & alternate
Basal & lower stem leaves have petioles; upper stem leaves are sessile.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Light red
Peduncles long
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2-3 sepals
4 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary, terminal
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p445
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p090
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p046
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p069
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p052