Common name
English: Corn poppy, Red poppy
German: Klatsch-Mohn
Mandarin: 虞美人 (yu mei ren)
Portuguese: Papoila, Papoila-vermelha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Ranunculales (74)
Family: Papaveraceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Papaver (6)
Epithet: rhoeas L. (1)
Synonyms: Papaver strigosum (Boenn.) Schur, Papaver trilobum Wallr.
rhoeas => red
strigosum => bristled
trilobum => three lobes
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red
External links
Check for Papaver rhoeas at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [619] Papaver rhoeas - Plants For A Future database
- [1654] Papaver rhoeas - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.