Papaver macrostomum
Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 115. 1867; Singh & Kachroo, For. Fl
Srinagar 25, 27. 1976.
Herbs, annual, erect; stems 20 -
40 cm long, with soft scattered spreading bristles
except peduncles which are appressed-hairy. Basal leaves 1 -
2-pinnatisect or deeply
incised, 5 - 10 cm long; segments linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, entire or
coarsely dentate, acute, terminating in a bristle, 1 -
4 cm long, hairy on both surfaces or
glabrous above; lower leaves petioled; upper ones usually sessile or subsessile, becoming
smaller upwards. Peduncles 10 -
22 cm long, stout, often flexuous, appressed bristly;
flower buds ovoid-oblong, rounded at apex, 10 - 25 x 6 -
11 mm, with spreading hairs;
flowers up to 6 cm in diam. Sepals caducous. Petals broadly obovate-orbicular, 2 - 3 cm
long, bright red or crimson with or without a basal black blotch. Stamens numerous;
filaments almost black, slender; anthers broadly ellipsoid, 1 - 1.5 mm long; connective
beanng a small orange capitate apical appendage. Capsules oblong-ellipsoid, narrow
at base, broad at apex, 9 - 20 x 4 -
10 mm, glabrous, smooth or faintly ribbed; stigmatic
rays 5 - 10, keeled with disc teeth ascending and reeurved at edges; seeds reniform, up
to 1 mm long, dark brown, reticulate.
Fl. & Fr. April - Aug.
Distrib. India: N.W. Himalayas, open fields and grasslands, 1500 - 3000 m. Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Russia.
Notes. Chromosome no. n = 7 (Koul et al. in Nucleus 15: 117 - 123. 1972); 2n = 14 (Kawatani & Ohno in Bull Nat. Inst. Hyg. Sci. 83: 127 - 133. 1965).
Fl. & Fr. April - Aug.
Distrib. India: N.W. Himalayas, open fields and grasslands, 1500 - 3000 m. Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Russia.
Notes. Chromosome no. n = 7 (Koul et al. in Nucleus 15: 117 - 123. 1972); 2n = 14 (Kawatani & Ohno in Bull Nat. Inst. Hyg. Sci. 83: 127 - 133. 1965).