Papaver lateritium

Papaver lateritium
Scientific classification
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

1. "Papaver lateritium K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
2. "Papaver lateritium K.Koch". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
3. "Papaver lateritium". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
4. "Armenian Poppy Seeds from Alchemy Works - Seeds for Magick Herbs and Pagan Gardens".
5. Grey-Wilson, Christopher (2000). Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation . Timber Press. ISBN   9780881925036.