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5.) PAPAVERACEAE - Poppy family

PAPAVERACEAE - Poppy family

PAPAVER L.

  • Papaver setiferum Goldblatt (P. pseudoorientale (Fedde) Medw.) (Oriental Poppy) / General

  • Papaver atlanticum (Ball) Coss. (ssp. atlanticum) (Atlas Poppy) / General

  • Papaver somniferum L. ssp. somniferum (Opium Poppy) / General

  • Papaver rhoeas L. (Corn Poppy) (Common Poppy) / General

White mentions var. pryorii Druce (Common Corn Poppy) - "Cornfield at Milbury Heath.", "Differs only in having the hairs on the peduncle of a crimson colour instead of white." and other variations with pale pink hairs - "Mr. Bucknall has shown me a specimen from near Winterbourne with pale pink hairs" and hairs of a golden yellow - "Mr. Bucknall has shown me a specimen from near Winterbourne," "with hairs of a golden yellow."

  • Papaver dubium L. (P. dubium L. ssp. dubium) (Long-headed Poppy) / General

  • Papaver lecoqii Lamotte (P. dubium L. ssp. lecoqii (Lamotte) Syme) (Yellow-juiced Poppy) / General

  • Papaver cambricum L. (Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Vig.) (Welsh Poppy) / General

ROEMERIA Medik.

  • Roemeria hybrida (L.) DC. (Violet Horned-poppy) 1956 General

  • Roemeria hispida (Lam.) Stace (Papaver hybridum L.) (Rough Poppy) 1926 General

  • Roemeria argemone (L.) C. Morales, R. Mend. & Romero García (Papaver argemone L.) (Prickly Poppy) 1968 General

GLAUCIUM Mill.

  • Glaucium flavum Crantz (Yellow Horned-poppy) 1982 Coasts

  • Glaucium corniculatum (L.) Rudolph (Red Horned-poppy) 1911 General

  • Glaucium grandiflorum Boiss. & A. Huet (ssp. grandiflorum) (Great-flowered Horned-poppy) 1936 General Extinct Was recorded on wasteland above Oldfield Park, Bath in 1936 by I.W. Evans (Bristol Botany in 1936).

CHELIDONIUM L.

  • Chelidonium majus L. (ssp. majus) (Greater Celandine) / General

A form with lancinate petals (Chelidonium lacinatum) Shire Plants (Glos. Fl.) and a form "with double flowers at the edge of a pasture by the rectory at Henbury, G." (Brist. Fl.)

HYPECOUM Tourn. ex L.

  • Hypecoum procumbens L. (ssp. procumbens) (Procumbent Hypecoum, Sickle-fruited Hypecoum) (1907) General

  • Hypecoum pendulum L. (var. pendulum) (Nodding Hypecoum) - Glos. Fl. General

ESCHSCHOLZIA Cham.

  • Eschscholzia californica Cham. (ssp. californica) (Californian Poppy) / General Typically orange, a red cultivar 'Red Chief' was found at Redcliffe Caves in 2025 by D. Peters.

MACLEAYA R. Br.

  • Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br. × M. microcarpa (Maxim.) Fedde = M. x kewensis Turrill (Hybrid Plume-poppy) /

CORYDALIS DC.

  • Corydalis solida (L.) Clairv. (ssp. solida) (Bird-in-a-bush) 1910 Woodland

  • Corydalis cava (L.) Schweigg. & Körte (ssp. cava) (Hollowroot) - Glos. Fl. General

PSEUDOFUMARIA Medik.

  • Pseudofumaria lutea (L.) Borkh. (Yellow Corydalis) / General

CERATOCAPNOS Durieu

  • Ceratocapnos claviculata (L.) Lidén (Climbing Corydalis) Woodland

FUMARIA L.

  • Fumaria capreolata L. ssp. babingtonii (Pugsley) P.D. Sell (White Ramping-fumitory) / General with bracts more or less equalling the pedicels and fruit truncate on top (not with bracts distinctly shorter than the pedicels and fruit rounded-blunt).

  • Fumaria bastardii Boreau (var. bastardii) (Tall Ramping-fumitory) General

  • Fumaria reuteri Boiss. ssp. martinii (Clavaud) A. Soler. (Martin's Ramping-fumitory) 1920 General

  • Fumaria muralis Sond. ex W.D.J. Koch ssp. boraei (Jord.) Pugsley (Boreau's Ramping-fumitory) (Common Ramping-fumitory) General

  • Fumaria pupurea Pugsley (Purple Ramping-fumitory) 1902? General

  • Fumaria officinalis L.

  • ssp. officinalis (Common Fumitory) / General

  • ssp. wirtgenii (W.D.J. Koch) Arcang. / General

  • Fumaria densiflora DC. (Dense-flowered Fumitory) General Recorded as a casual at Bedminster in 1922 by C.I. Sandwith.

List:

  • Papaver setiferum Goldblatt (Stace) Papaver pseudoorientale (Fedde) Medw. (NBN) (Oriental Poppy) / General
  • Papaver atlanticum (Ball) Coss. (ssp. atlanticum - Kew) (Atlas Poppy) / General
  • Papaver somniferum L. (ssp. somniferum - Stace) (Opium Poppy) / General
  • Papaver rhoeas L. (Corn Poppy - Stace) (Common Poppy - NBN) / General
  • Papaver rhoeas L. var. pryorii Druce (Common Corn Poppy) - "Cornfield at Milbury Heath.", "Differs only in having the hairs on the peduncle of a crimson colour instead of white." - Brist. Fl.
  • Papaver rhoeas L. (Corn Poppy - Stace) pale pink hairs - "Mr. Bucknall has shown me a specimen from near Winterbourne with pale pink hairs"
  • Papaver rhoeas L. (Corn Poppy - Stace) hairs of a golden yellow - "Mr. Bucknall has shown me a specimen from near Winterbourne," "with hairs of a golden yellow."
  • Papaver dubium L. (Stace) Papaver dubium L. ssp. dubium (NBN) (Long-headed Poppy) / General
  • Papaver lecoqii Lamotte (Stace) Papaver dubium L. ssp. lecoqii (Lamotte) Syme (NBN) (Yellow-juiced Poppy) / General
  • Papaver cambricum L. (Stace) Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Vig. (NBN) (Welsh Poppy) / General
  • Roemeria hybrida (L.) DC. (Violet Horned-poppy) 1956 General
  • Roemeria hispida (Lam.) Stace (Stace) Papaver hybridum L. (NBN) (Rough Poppy) 1926 General
  • Roemeria argemone (L.) C. Morales, R. Mend. & Romero García (Stace) Papaver argemone L. (NBN) (Prickly Poppy) 1968 General
  • Glaucium flavum Crantz (Yellow Horned-poppy) 1982 Coasts
  • Glaucium corniculatum (L.) Rudolph (Red Horned-poppy) 1911 General
  • Glaucium grandiflorum Boiss. & A. Huet (ssp. grandiflorum - Kew) (Great-flowered Horned-poppy - Wikipedia) 1936 General
  • Chelidonium majus L. (ssp. majus - Kew) (Greater Celandine) / General
  • Chelidonium majus L. (Stace, NBN) ssp. majus (Kew, GBIF) Chelidonium laciniatum Mill. - a form with lancinate petals Shire Plants - Glos. Fl.
  • Chelidonium majus L. (ssp. majus - Kew) (Greater Celandine) double flowers - "with double flowers at the edge of a pasture by the rectory at Henbury, G." - Brist. Fl.
  • Hypecoum procumbens L. (ssp. procumbens - Kew) (Procumbent Hypecoum - GBIF, Sickle-fruited Hypecoum - MaltaWildPlants.com) (1907) General
  • Hypecoum pendulum L. (NBN, GBIF) var. pendulum (Kew) (Nodding Hypecoum - GBIF) - Glos. Fl. General
  • Eschscholzia californica Cham. (ssp. californica - Kew, GBIF) (Californian Poppy) / General
  • Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R. Br. × M. microcarpa (Maxim.) Fedde = M. x kewensis Turrill (Hybrid Plume-poppy) /
  • Corydalis solida (L.) Clairv. (ssp. solida - Kew, GBIF) (Bird-in-a-bush) 1910 Woodland
  • Corydalis cava (L.) Schweigg. & Körte (Stace, NBN, GBIF) ssp. cava (Kew) Corydalis cava (L.) Schweigg. et Körte (C. tuberosa DC.) (Hollowroot - Stace, NBN) - Glos. Fl. General
  • Pseudofumaria lutea (L.) Borkh. (Yellow Corydalis) / General
  • Ceratocapnos claviculata (L.) Lidén (Climbing Corydalis) Woodland
  • Fumaria capreolata L. ssp. babingtonii (Pugsley) P.D. Sell (White Ramping-fumitory) (Ramping Fumitory - NBN) / General
  • Fumaria bastardii Boreau (var. bastardii - NBN, Fumitories of Britain and Ireland) (Tall Ramping-fumitory) General
  • Fumaria reuteri Boiss. (ssp. martinii (Clavaud) A. Soler. - Stace) (Martin's Ramping-fumitory) 1920 General
  • Fumaria muralis Sond. ex W.D.J. Koch ssp. boraei (Jord.) Pugsley (Boreau's Ramping-fumitory - NBN) (Common Ramping-fumitory) General
  • Fumaria pupurea Pugsley (Purple Ramping-fumitory) 1902? General
  • Fumaria officinalis L. ssp. officinalis (Common Fumitory) / General
  • Fumaria officinalis L. ssp. wirtgenii (W.D.J. Koch) Arcang. / General
  • Fumaria densiflora DC. (Dense-flowered Fumitory) General