Papaver rhoeasL.

common poppy

WFO wfo-0000481006 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Papaver rhoeas, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. a Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205794689
Papaver rhoeas, photographed by Daniel S.
fig. b Daniel S., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205939251
Papaver rhoeas, photographed by bemma
fig. c bemma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205446652
Papaver rhoeas, photographed by Mattia Menchetti
fig. d Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204596122
Papaver rhoeas, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. e Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205766669
Papaver rhoeas, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. f Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205538946
Papaver rhoeas, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. g Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205771321
Papaver rhoeas, photographed by Pete Bradshaw
fig. h Pete Bradshaw, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205550453

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Flowering n = 7,283 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 7,283 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 50 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Papaver aegadicum Lojac.
  • Papaver agrivagum Jord.
  • Papaver ameristophyllum Fedde
  • Papaver anisotrichum Wein
  • Papaver balanocarpum Wein
  • Papaver caespitosum Fedde
  • Papaver caudatifolium Timb.-Lagr.
  • Papaver cereale Jord.
  • Papaver chanceliae Maire
  • Papaver chelidonioides Moss
  • Papaver cinerascens Wein
  • Papaver commixtum Wein
  • Papaver cruciatum Jord.
  • Papaver dodonei Timb.-Lagr.
  • Papaver dubium var. stipitatum (Fedde) E.U.Zajac
  • Papaver erraticum Gray
  • Papaver erucifolium Timb.-Lagr.
  • Papaver feddeanum Wein
  • Papaver fuchsii Timb.-Lagr.
  • Papaver guerlekense Stapf
  • Papaver hookeri Baker ex Hook.f.
  • Papaver inornatum Schott & Kotschy
  • Papaver insignitum Jord.
  • Papaver integrifolium Vig.

and 26 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.