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  • COMMON NAME: long headed poppy, blind eyes.
  • ARABIC: خشخاش، خشخاش الحبوب
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Papaver dubium L.
  • SYNONYMS: Papaver rhoeas var. dubium (L.) Schmalh.
  • FAMILY: PAPAVERACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Slope (Rocky)
  • TYPES: Annual
M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:673488-1#synonyms
Annual, stems slender, few-branched, up to 30 cm, hairy. Leaves deeply dissected, lower leaves lobed, upper leaves feathery. Flower buds oval and hairy, up to 2 cm long. Flowers c. 3 cm across, 4 petals, scarlet with faint black spot at base, falling of easily. Fruit a narrowly oblong capsule with flat top (stigmatic disk), 5-9-grooved. Seeds black. Flowering from February to April.
Wadis, mountains at low elevations.
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