Papaver aculeatum

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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
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Water: moist, moderate
Features: flowers, naturalizes
USDA Zones: 5 to 10
Flower features: orange
Scientific Names

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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


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