Papaver argemone
Plants annual, caulescent, to c. 50 cm high, hispid; stems simple or branched. Leaves to 12 cm long, blades deeply 1- or 2-pinnately lobed, upper ones not stem-clasping. Peduncles appressed-hispid; petals dark red, sometimes with dark basal spot, to 25 mm long; filaments purple, clavate, anthers pale blue; stigmas 4–6, disc convex. Capsules sessile, subcylindric to clavate, to 2 cm long, distinctly ribbed, sparsely and weakly setose. Flowers Nov. (1 record).
Also naturalised SA, NSW, Tas. Native to Europe, south-western Asia. Known in Victoria from 2 records made in the late 19th century, Romsey and North Melbourne station. Usually a plant of open disturbed sites.
Kiger, R.W. (1996). Papaver. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 69–72. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
