Papaver lateritium, the Armenian poppy, is a species of poppy endemic to Armenian Highlands, Georgia and North Eastern Turkey (Black Sea mountains).[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]

References

  1. ^ "Papaver lateritium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Armenian Poppy Seeds from Alchemy Works - Seeds for Magick Herbs and Pagan Gardens".
  3. ^ Grey-Wilson, Christopher (2000). Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation. Timber Press. ISBN 9780881925036.