. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Papaver Rhoeas L. Field, Red or Corn Poppy. African Rose. Fig. 1974. Papaver Rhoeas L. Sp. PI. 507. 1753. Erect, branching, i°-3° high, hispid with spreading bristly hairs. Lower leaves petioled, 4'-^' long, the upper smaller, sessile, all pinnatifid; lobes lanceolate, acute, serrate; flow ers 2'-4' broad, scarlet w ith a darker center; filaments not dilated; capsu
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. 2. Papaver Rhoeas L. Field, Red or Corn Poppy. African Rose. Fig. 1974. Papaver Rhoeas L. Sp. PI. 507. 1753. Erect, branching, i°-3° high, hispid with spreading bristly hairs. Lower leaves petioled, 4'-^' long, the upper smaller, sessile, all pinnatifid; lobes lanceolate, acute, serrate; flow ers 2'-4' broad, scarlet w ith a darker center; filaments not dilated; capsule subglobose or top-shaped, glabrous, the disk with 10 or more stigmatic rays. In waste places and on ballast, Maine to Connecticut and Virginia. Vancouver Island. Bermuda. Occasionally culti- vated. Fugitive from Europe. Summer. Old English names. Corn-rose. Red-weed, Headache, Canker-rose and Cheesebowl. Thunder-flower. Blue-eyes. 3. Papaver diibium L. Long Smooth-fruited Poppy. Fig. 1975. Papaver rfii L. Sp. PI. 1196. Slender, branching, i°-2° high, hirsute with spreading hairs. Lower leaves petioled, 4-6' long, the upper smaller, nearly sessile, all deeply pinnateiy divided; lobes oblong, pinnatifid, cleft or sometimes entire: flowers 2' broad, scarlet, sometimes darker in the center; filaments not di- lated ; capsule oblong-clavate, glabrous, 8"-io" long, nar- rowed below; stigmatic rays 6-10. In waste and cultivated grounds, Massachusetts and Rhode Island to Pennsylvania. Virginia, West Virginia and southward. -Mso in ballast about the seaports and in Bermuda. Adventive from Europe. Summer. Blind-eyes. Headache. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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