Common name:
Welsh poppy
Family:
Scientific name:
Meconopsis cambrica
Synonym:
Papaver cambricum
Main flower color:
Range:
Wales, Ireland and southwest England (native), but naturalised in many other areas
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Damp woodland, shady, rocky places
Flowers:
Four short, hairy sepals (soon withering), four overlapping, bright yellow petals, up to 3 cm in length, a ring of many short stamens and a greenish pistil topped by a white, four-lobed stigma. Flowers are solitary, attached by long, slender stems
Fruit:
Narrow, ribbed capsules
Leaves:
Basal leaves are pinnately divided, into toothed leaflets, while stem leaves are pinnately lobed. All are hairless, and stalked
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
