Common name:
Long-headed poppy
Family:
Scientific name:
Papaver dubium
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles; least common in west Ireland and far north Scotland
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Fields, disturbed ground
Flowers:
Cup-shaped, with four overlapping orange-red petals (lacking a dark patch at the base), with crinkled margins, at the top of a slender stalk covered by appressed hairs. Up to 7 cm in diameter
Fruit:
Narrow, hairless, flat-topped capsules
Leaves:
Basal, pinnately divided into narrow, pointed segments, and covered by long hairs
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
