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Papaver gorgoneum is a rare poppy endemic to Cape Verde, found on a few mountain islands at 800 to 1,400 m in humid to sub-humid zones. It is critically endangered and is not commonly grown, so care guidance is limited to general poppy-family knowledge.
Papaver gorgoneum is a species of flowering plant of the family Papaveraceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
Papaver gorgoneum is restricted to the islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau and Fogo. It grows in humid and sub-humid zones, mainly between 800 and 1,400 m (2,600 and 4,600 ft) elevation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Papaver gorgoneum 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.
