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Papaver rhoeas L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Common Poppy
  • 🇫🇷 Coquelicot, Grand coquelicot, Pavot coquelicot

Taxonomy

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

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Some individuals have black, white, or black on white basal spots.

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

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • P. rhoeas subsp. polytrichum (Boiss. & Kotschy) J.Thiébaut, 1936;
  • P. rhoeas subsp. rhoeas L., 1753, P.

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

Photographs

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Papaver rhoeas
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Papaver rhoeas
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Papaver rhoeas - Individual with black basal spots, bottom petal removed for visibility
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Papaver rhoeas - Individual with black basal spots
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Papaver rhoeas - Individual with black on white basal spots
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Papaver rhoeas - Individual with white basal spots
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Papaver rhoeas - Flower bud
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Papaver rhoeas - Immature seed capsule
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Papaver rhoeas - Leaves

Sources