Papaver dubium L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Blindeyes
• 🇫🇷 Pavot douteux, Petit coquelicot

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Order: Ranunculales
• Family: Papaveraceae
• Subfamily: Papaveroideae
• Tribe: Papavereae
• Genus: Papaver
• Species: Papaver dubium

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with P. rhoeas L., 1753, whose seed capsules are less elongated (length/width ratio ≤ 2), while those of P. dubium are more elongated (length/width ratio ≥ 2.5 and < 3.5).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• P. dubium subsp. austromoravicum (Kubát) Hörandl, 1994;
• P. dubium subsp. dubium L., 1753, P;
• P. dubium subsp. stevenianum (Mikheev) Kubát & Šípošová, 2002.

Hybridizes with P. rhoeas L., 1753 to produce P. × strigosum (Boenn.) Schur, 1877, P (het. syn. P. × hungaricum Borbás, 1900).

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 878). Biotope.