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Papaver gariepinum

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Name

Identification
Papaver gariepinum Burch. [family PAPAVERACEAE ] Papaver aculeatum Thunb. [family PAPAVERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kadereit, J.W., Papaver unrecorded unrecorded [family PAPAVERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Papaver aculeatum
  • Papaver gariepinum
  • Papaver unrecorded

Flora

Entry for PAPAVER aculeatum Thunb. [family PAPAVERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 14, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
PAPAVER aculeatum Thunb. [family PAPAVERACEAE], Fl. Cap. p. 431;—E. & Z.! No. 20.
PAPAVER Gariepinum Burch. [family PAPAVERACEAE], in DC. Prod. 1. p. 119.
Information
capsules glabrous, oblong-obovate; sepals hispid; stem erect, branched, densely covered with spreading, rigid, unequal bristles; leaves setoso-hispid, sinuately pinnatifid, with spine-tipped laciniæ. Root annual. Radical leaves numerous, rosulate, tapering at base into a broad, flat petiole, sinuate or deeply pinnatifid, setose, and armed on the nerves with strong, erect, yellow bristles. Stemleaves sessile, clasping, very hispid. Stem 1–4 feet high, rough with bristles and rigid hairs. Flowers on a long naked peduncle. Petals a “scarlet-orange” (Burch.).
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy ground near rivers, in the Northern and Eastern Districts. Orange River, Burchell, E. & Z.! Burke! Uitenhage, E. & Z.! On the Cowie, Albany, T. Williamson! Outeniquas, George, Thunb. (Herb. T.C.D.)

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