<big>''[[Papaver rhoeas]]'' L.</big>
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:Protologue: Sp. pl. 1: 507 (1753).
== Vernacular names ==
*Corn poppy, red poppy (En). *Pavot, pavot rouge, coquelicot (Fr)
*Vietnam: hồng anh.
== Observations ==
*An erect annual herb, 30-80 cm tall; medium .*Medium and superior leaves petioled or sessile from a narrowed, non-amplexicaul base, deeply pinnatipartite-bipinnatipartite, pale green, hispid; pedicel usually with patent to erecto-patent, but sometimes appressed bristles, petals .*Petals 3-5 cm long, bright or pale red to bluish, occasionally white-margined or entirely white, often with a black basal blotch, flowers sometimes double, filaments not widened at the top, stigma broader than top of fruit, stigmatic rays mostly 8-13, black-purple; fruit .*Fruit campanulate; seeds .*Seeds dark brown.
== Selected sources ==
*[97] Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1963-1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol. 1 (1963) 647 pp., Vol. 2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.*[193] Bruneton, J., 1995. Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, medicinal plants. Technique & Documentation Lavoisier, Paris, France. 915 pp.*[287] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. 11 volumes. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India.*[376] Duke, J.A., 1973. Utilization of papaver. Economic Botany 27: 390-400.*[931] Merlin, M.D., 1984. On the trail of the ancient opium poppy. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford, Madison, Teaneck, United States. 324 pp.*[1126] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp. == Main genus page ==*[[Papaver (PROSEA)|''Papaver'']] (Medicinal plants)
== Authors ==
*Khozirah Shaari & M. Brink
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