Papaver lateritium

Papaver lateritium, the Armenian poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.^[1][2] It is endemic to Armenian Highlands, Georgia and North Eastern Turkey (Black Sea mountains).^[3][4]

Papaver lateritium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Papaver
Species:	P. lateritium
Binomial name
Papaver lateritium K.Koch
Synonyms[1]
Papaver orientale var. lateritiumz (K.Koch) Kuntze

Description

Mostly basal leaves, lanceolate, coarsely- toothed to pinnately-lobed, leaves and stems hairy; solitary flowers, bright brick red, sometimes apricot, 4.5–6 cm across, orange-yellow anthers; sepals covered in long yellowish hairs; fruit capsule club-shaped, broadest below stigmatic disk; stoloniferous perennial; up to 50 cm; stems unbranched.^[5]