OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Papaver dubium   FAMILY Papaveraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver dubium   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Papaver dubium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Papaver dubium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-004:

Papaver dubium   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Papaver dubium

 

COMMON NAME:
Long-headed Poppy, Blind Eyes


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image of Papaver dubium, Long-headed Poppy, Blind Eyes

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_padu_001_lvd

        

image of Papaver dubium, Long-headed Poppy, Blind Eyes

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_papaver_dubium_0004

May    Iredell County    NC

Flower: petals orange to red, rarely with dark basal spot; anthers violet, per Flora of North America.

image of Papaver dubium, Long-headed Poppy, Blind Eyes

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_papaver_dubium_0005

May    Iredell County    NC

Capsule sessile or substipitate, narrowly obovoid, usually distinctly ribbed, per Flora of North America.

image of Papaver dubium, Long-headed Poppy, Blind Eyes

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_papaver_dubium_0013

May    Iredell County    NC

The stigma is a 5-9 rayed, radially lobed disk on the summit of the ovary, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Papaver dubium   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver dubium   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Papaver dubium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Papaver dubium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-004:
Papaver dubium   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Papaver dubium

 

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2850

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has white to yellowish latex (milky sap)

LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately parted or divided
Basal rosette & alternate
Basal & lower stem leaves have petioles; upper stem leaves are sessile.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Light red
Peduncles long
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2-3 sepals
4 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary, terminal

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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