Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Common Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Cailleach dhearg
Photographs: near Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Common Poppy
Papaver rhoeas
Cailleach dhearg
Family: Papaveraceae

Flowering: June-September. Annual. Probably introduced.

Scarlet flowers, the petals overlapping and sometimes with a black mark at base. Outer pair of petals largest. Rounded, hairless seed capsule. Flower stems with erect spreading hairs. The stalkless pinnate leaves have coarsely toothed lobes. Height to 60cm

Arable and waste ground, roadsides, gravel pits. Sensitive to herbicides. Most frequent S, E, central Ireland. Included in wildflower seed mixes

Similar: Long-headed Poppy, Papaver dubium

Common Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Cailleach dhearg

Common Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Cailleach dhearg
Common Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Cailleach dhearg

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