Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Papaver rhoeas
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver rhoeas
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-002:
Papaver rhoeas
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
COMMON NAME:
Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Red Poppy, Flanders Poppy
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_parh2_001_lvd
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Sam Pratt sbp052621_0520b
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Leaves once or twice pinnately lobed, cut or toothed and stiffly hairy, per Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Sam Pratt sbp052621_0522
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Papery petals normally vibrant blood red.The stigma is a disk with 8-12 rays, per Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Sam Pratt sbp052621_0522b
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Stamens numerous; anthers bluish-black and borne on slender black filaments, per Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Sam Pratt sbp052621_0540
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Plants to 8 dm. Stems simple or usually branching, per Flora of North America.
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Sam Pratt sbp052621_520
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Plants hispid to setulose [covered with minute bristles], per Flora of North America.
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Sam Pratt sbp060221_0624
June Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Capsules glabrous, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Papaver rhoeas
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver rhoeas
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-002:
Papaver rhoeas
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
4254
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Eurasia & northern Africa
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Waif(s)
Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has white to yellowish latex (milky sap)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Basal & lower stem leaves have petioles; upper stem leaves are sessile.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Red
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2-3 sepals
4 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary, terminal
FRUIT:
Capsule
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