Papaver somniferum ssp. setigerum

[Ex. Olbia, 80m., Sardinia, Italy]

[Notes: collected from a roadside on a hill to the Nuraghe Riu Mulinu on Cabu Abbas!]

Papaveraceae: a fast going annual to 20-80cm. Found waste ground, pastures and fields. Showy flowers, which are rosy-red to pale pink. with a dark purple blotch at the base. The fruits are glabrous capsules 2-3cm long. Blooming from May-July. The leaves are silvery-glaucous, and deeply lobed and toothed. Native to the Mediterranean region, especially in southwestern Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece) and in North Africa.

GROWING INFORMATION:

Surface sow seeds in spring, on well-drained, weed free soil, in full sun. will self-sow, but soil will need to be disturb annually. Easy!

Attractive to bees.

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