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Genus: Papaver (poppies) Life
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About 80 species, native to Europe, temperate Asia,
Australia and Africa. Papaver aculeatum is the only indigenous species in
southern Africa and there are also 3 naturalised species. An additional
eight species are cultivated.
"In Flanders Field the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row..."
from "In Flanders Field" by John McCrae.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
Species naturalised in southern Africa
Papaver argemone
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Papaver hybridum
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Papaver rhoeas (Red poppy, Field poppy, Flanders poppy)
Indigenous to Eurasia and North Africa. |
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Other species cultivated in southern Africa
Papaver alpinum
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Papaver atlanticum
Indigenous to Morocco. |
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Papaver burseri
Indigenous to central and eastern Europe. |
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Papaver croceum (Iceland poppy)
Indigenous to Siberia and Mongolia. |
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Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy)
Indigenous from Turkey to Iran. |
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Papaver radicatum
Indigenous to the Arctic. |
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Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy)
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Papaver syriacum
Indigenous from Israel to Turkey. |
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