Papaver dubium, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 248

3. P. dubium L. , Sp. Pl. 1196 (1753)

(inch P. obtusifolium Desf. , P. modestum Jordan and P. nothum Steven ).

Hispid annual 20- 60 cm; hairs patent in lower parts, appressed above. Root and latex white. Leaves somewhat glaucous; basal pinnatisect or pinnatifid, segments ovate, obtuse; cauline often bipinnatifid, segments linear-lanceolate, acute. Pedicel appressed-hispid. Petals 15—30(—35) mm, suborbicular, red, sometimes with dark spot at base. Filaments filiform, purple; anthers violet, usually below the stigmatic disc. Capsule 1-5-2 x 0-5-0-75 cm, obovoid, frequently ribbed, glabrous. Stigmatic disc more or less flat; rays 7-9. 2/7 = 42. Throughout most o f Europe as a weed o f cultivation, but only as a casual in parts o f the north. All except Is Rs (N, C) Sb?Tu. P. albiflorum (Besser) Paez. , Acta Horti Bot. Univ. Jurjev 6: 3 (1906), with white or pale pink unspotted flowers, occurs mainly in S.E. Europe, and may be worth subspecific rank.