PAPAVER DUBIUM subsp. DUBIUM

Including:- Subsp. lecoqii, differing chiefly by its dark yellow to orange latex.

Family and Genus:- See- PAPAVERACEAE/Sect. RHOEADIUM

Common Names:- Long-headed poppy.

Homotypic Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Papaver (L) Poppy.

Dubium (L) Uncertain, doubtful.

General description:- Erect, annual.

Stem:-

1) 10-90 cm, erect.

Leaves:-

1) 1- or 2-pinnate with antrorse segments.

a) pedicels, long, slender, erect, sparsely to densely appressed-setose.

2) Upper, tripartite with pinnatifid to pinnatisect lobes. short petiolate to sessile.

Flowers:-

1) Pedicels, appressed-setose above.

2) Flower-buds, nodding, ovoid. glabrous to densely appressed-setose.

3) Sepals, usually without darker margins.

4) Petals, 15-30 mm, obovate, not or scarcely contiguous, outer pair, not

much larger than the inner, brick-red to orange-red or occasionally white, often

with a dark spot near base.

5) Anthers, dull yellow, brown or green.

Fruit:-

1) Capsule, 13-20 x 4-7 mm, narrowly obovoid, attenuate or slightly rounded at

the base, glabrous.

2) Stigmatic disc, broadly conical, with 5-7 rays.

Key features:-

1) Stigmatic disc, without dark marks between the rays.8.

2) Pedicels, with appressed setae.

3) Petals, outer pair not much larger than the inner.

4) Capsule 2-4.5 times as long as broad

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Habitat:- Roadsides, scrub, open woodland. 0-800(-1600) m.

Distribution:- Throughout Greece. - Europe and SW Asia. Very rare on Crete

currently known with certainty from one area.

Flowering time:- Apr-June.

Photo by:- Dr. Armin Jagel