Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 57

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-COMMON_NAMES-Eastern Poppy, Poppy,

Oriental Poppy

-GENUS-Papaver

-SPECIES-Papaver orientale,

-CLASS-Polyandria

-ORDER-Mongynia

-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus



-MODERN_GENUS-Papaver

-MODERN_SPECIES-Papaver orientale

-MODERN_FAMILY-Papaveraceae



-PLANT_TYPE-perennial

-COLOR-red, orange or pale pink usually

with purple basal blotch

-SEASON-summer

-NATIVE_REGION-SW Asia

-ZONE-3



-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine

-VOLUME-2

-PUB_DATE-1788

-REISSUED-1796

-EDITOR-William Curtis

-ARTIST-S. Edwards

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