Common name: Flanders Poppy
Papaver rhoeas L. APNI* 
Description: Erect annual to c. 1 m high.
Leaves to 20 cm long, irregularly to slightly lobed, hairs few or absent.
Petals 4–5 cm long, purple, red or white, sometimes with a dark spot at the base.
Capsule subglobose, c. 15 mm diam. with 8–12 stigmatic rays.
Distribution and occurrence: cultivated as an ornamental, uncommon as a garden escape. Native of Europe.
NSW subdivisions: *ST, ?NWS, *SWS, *NWP, *LHI
Text by S.W.L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: P.S. Green (1994)
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