Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Welsh Poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, Poipín breatnach
Photographs: Co. Cork

Welsh Poppy
Papaver cambricum (Meconopsis cambrica)
Poipín Breatnach
Family: Papaveraceae

Flowering: June-September. Perennial. Native / garden escape

The large bright yellow flowers are followed by hairless, club-shaped seed capsules. Pinnate leaves with long stalks on lower leaves. An almost hairless plant containing yellow latex. Height 20-40cm

Damp shady woodland and rocky ledges. Most frequent in northern Ireland, also native in mountainous areas of Waterford and Limerick. A garden escape in other areas and often found near habitation

Similar: Yellow-horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum. Waxy leaves. Coastal

Welsh Poppy, Papaver cambricum, Poipín breatnach

Welsh Poppy, Papaver cambricum, Poipín breatnach
Welsh Poppy, Papaver cambricum (Meconopsis cambrica), Poipín breatnach

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