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Papaver commutatum
Also called Caucasian scarlet poppy, Ladybird Poppy
Dark-spotted poppy is an erect annual with bright red bowl-shaped flowers marked with black blotches at the petal bases, blooming in late spring to early summer. It grows best in full sun in moist, fertile soil.
Papaver commutatum, the Caucasian scarlet poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae native to northern Turkey, northwestern Iran and the Caucasus. It is an erect annual growing to 45 cm (18 in) tall by 15 cm (6 in) wide, with hairy stalks and leaves. The flower is bowl-shaped and about 8 cm (3 in) in diameter, bright red with prominent black blotches at the bases of the petals, and is borne in early summer. The flowers are followed by spherical seed heads.
The Latin specific epithet commutatum means “changed”, referring to a change of name from another species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Papaver commutatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
