Papaver rhoeas
L.
Corn poppy
Papaver rhoeas is an annual herb that is not native to California.
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
escaped cultivar
[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: It was formally described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in his seminal publication Species Plantarum in 1753.[2][10] Papaver is the Latin word for poppy and rhoeas means the corn poppy in Greek.[2] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
