Papaver aculeatum

Plant Characteristics
Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	30 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. to 60 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Lifespan:	⌛	annual
Origin:	✈	South Africa

Scientific Names
Papaveracae >	Papaver >	aculeatum >

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Read about Papaver aculeatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Papaver aculeatum, Thunb. (P. gariepinum, Burch. P. horridum, DC.). Annual, 1-4 ft. high, the st. nearly simple: st. branched, densely covered with spreading, rigid, unequal bristles: lvs. green, sinuately pinnatifid, the laciniations spine-tipped: fls. scarcely 2 in. across; petals scarlet-orange, unspotted: caps, glabrous, oblong-obovate. S. Afr., Austral. B.M. 3623.—The only poppy known to inhabit the southern hemisphere. Annual in S. Afr., but said to be biennial in northern botanic gardens. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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