Papaver croceum, SE: Sibirisk vallmo, DE: Islandmohn, Altaischer Mohn,
NL: IJslandse papaver, UK: Iceland Poppy

Scientific name:		Papaver croceum Ledeb.
Synonym name:		Papaver nudicaule auct.
Swedish name:		Sibirisk vallmo
German name:		Islandmohn, Altaischer Mohn
Nederlandse naam:		IJslandse papaver
English name:		Iceland Poppy
Family:		Iceland Poppy, Poppy family, Vallmoväxter

Life form:		Perennial, grown as biennial
Stems:		Height 20-45 cm, tuft-forming; one foot, erect, hairy, curved
Leaves:		Basal leaves, pinnately lobed
Flowers:		Solitary, saucer-shaped; petals 4, yellowish, orange or reddish-orange; sepals 2, fall as flower opens
Flowering Period:		June, July, August
Fruits:		Capsule ± oblong or obovate-oblong to oblong-globose (the fruit shape is somewhat variable), usually roughly hairy or setose; stigmatic disc about as broad or slightly broader than the capsule, with 8 ridges or rays somewhat channelled and exceeding the disc-circle
Habitat:		Meadows, roadsides, landfill areas and wasteland
Distribution:		Throughout the country

Derivation of the botanical name: Papaver_croceum, Papaver_croceum The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.