Oriental Poppy

Papaver orientale, the Oriental poppy, is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Oriental Poppy being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Papaver bracteatum
• Papaver rhoeas
• Roemeria pavonina
• Papaver umbonatum
• Roemeria refracta

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Papaveraceae

Genus

Papaver

Species

Papaver orientale

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