Common Poppy (Papaver roheas) - near Gairloch

Gairloch, Scotland, United Kingdom Annual branched herb to 20 cm. Leaves Hairy, deeply loved, lowest stalked, upper sessile. Flowers 7-10 cm diameter, petals often with black blotch at base. Fruits Globose capsule, slightly longer than wide, glabrous. Habitat Arable fields, disturbed ground, roadside verges, especially on calcareous soils. Distribution Introduced in antiquity. Common on lowland throughout British Islands, but rare in Scotland and N Ireland. (Europe N to S Sweden.) Flowers June - September Source: Collins Flower Guide, David Streeter, HarperCollins Publishers, London 2009 pg 90/91 uuid="77C40CF4-443E-4899-851D-5436AB62046F" id="United Kingdom lilleulven.com UK_SCOT_20100723_100449.dng Scotland Lilleulven.com"

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