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Arctic poppy leaves grow up to 12cm long. The leaves are green and lanceolate in shape. The arctic poppy is known for either their white or yellow flowers; these flowers can grow up to 6.5 cm in diameter. The arctic poppy stems range from 10 to 15 cm in length. Arctic poppies produce spherical or oval seed pods that are covered by fine hairs. [2]
Romneya (/ ˈ r ɒ m n i ə /) [1] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the poppy family (Papaveraceae). There are two species in the genus Romneya, which was named for Irish astronomer John Thomas Romney Robinson. [2] They are known commonly as Matilija poppies (/ m ə ˈ t ɪ l ɪ h ɑː / mə-TIL-i-hah), bush poppies, California ...
Papaver / p ə ˈ p eɪ v ər / [2] is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy family, Papaveraceae.
The Papaveraceae, / p ə ˌ p æ v ə ˈ r eɪ s i ˌ iː / [2] informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species [3] of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales.
In the wild, the flowers are solitary or arranged in a raceme. The plant is monocarpic (it produces seeds and dies) with a plump taproot. The stem and pedicels have straw-colored spines on their surface. The plant has basal leaves (about 25 cm) arranged in a rosette. The leaves are elliptical or narrow-oblong shaped, tapering into the petiole.
Papaver orientale, the Oriental poppy, [2] is a perennial flowering plant [3] native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran. [ 4 ] Oriental poppies grow a mound of leaves that are hairy and finely dissected in spring.
Papaver atlanticum, also known as the Moroccan poppy, Spanish poppy, [1] and Atlas poppy, [2] is a species of poppy. [ 3 ] It is a perennial plant with basal rosettes of bluish leaves and pale orange flowers on long, wiry stems.
Roemeria argemone (syn. Papaver argemone) is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. Its common names include long pricklyhead poppy, prickly poppy and pale poppy. Its native range includes parts of Eurasia and North Africa, but it can be found growing wild in parts of North America, where it is an introduced species.