Opium Poppy at Booth, ACT
Identification history
| Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum | 28 Dec 2024 | Tapirlord | ||
| Papaver somniferum | 22 Dec 2024 | Tapirlord | ||
| Papaver somniferum | 22 Dec 2024 | Amahon | ||
| Unverified | 21 Dec 2024 | Mike |
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User's notes
Single poppy, not native.
9 comments
Mike
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum was my thought too, but I have never seen a white one before. The capsule is elongate but that might be because it is not fully developed. The plant was small and hidden among hemlock so was fairly straggly.
Tapirlord
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
I don't know the subsp. well to be honest with you so was being a little bit lazy. What seperates the two do you know?
Mike
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
I have seen a white one before -https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/3852818.
Mike
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
From PlantNET:
Two subspecies are distinguished here: subsp. somniferum and subsp. setigerum, the former comprising the cultivated forms, and the latter the weedy Atlantic and Mediterranean form, which some have posited as the progenitor of the cultivated plants. Subsp. somniferum is characterised by glabrous sepals, pale filaments and glabrous or only very sparsely setose upper leaf surfaces, and subsp. setigerum by setose sepals, dark filaments and sparsely to densely setose upper leaf surfaces.
Two subspecies are distinguished here: subsp. somniferum and subsp. setigerum, the former comprising the cultivated forms, and the latter the weedy Atlantic and Mediterranean form, which some have posited as the progenitor of the cultivated plants. Subsp. somniferum is characterised by glabrous sepals, pale filaments and glabrous or only very sparsely setose upper leaf surfaces, and subsp. setigerum by setose sepals, dark filaments and sparsely to densely setose upper leaf surfaces.
Mike
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
The key in PlantNET:
Capsule indehiscent, globose, frequently to 5 cm diam.; plants with very few scattered stiff hairssubsp. somniferum
Capsule dehiscing by pores, cylindrical to subglobose, usually <2 cm diam.; plant glaucous with scattered hairssubsp. setigerum
Capsule indehiscent, globose, frequently to 5 cm diam.; plants with very few scattered stiff hairssubsp. somniferum
Capsule dehiscing by pores, cylindrical to subglobose, usually <2 cm diam.; plant glaucous with scattered hairssubsp. setigerum
Location information
- Coordinates 149.086646-35.703159
- Altitude 712.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2024 11:14 AM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum Scientific name
- Opium Poppy Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 736.67m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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