Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Bayer Code : paprh
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Classification: Papaveraceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: common poppy
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Klatsch-Mohn ; ES : amapola ; FR : coquelicot ; IT : papavero comune ; PT : papoila-das-searas ; EN : common poppy ; NL : grote klaproos, NL : papaver ; DK : korn valmue
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons very narrow and short (few mm long).
- Leaves entire, elliptic to ovate, entire-margined.
- Height: 30-60 cm. Plant very variable.
- Stem stiffly hairy, branched.
- Leaves: basal in rosette. Later leaves pinnately divided, dull-green, cut and toothed. Cauline leaves few, sessile, with a terminal elongate segment. Whitish latex.
- Flower red-scarlet, large, solitary, terminal. Sepals : 2 falling at flowering.
- Fruit : capsule short, glabrous, obovate, rounded at base. 10-rayed disk at the tip of the fruit.
- Plant poisonous, especially the fruit. Petals used in tranquillizing and sudorific infusion.
- Risk of confusion with Papaver dubium L., Papaver hybridum L. (before flowering).
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Papaver dubium , Papaver hybridum
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