Roemeria argemone(L.) C.Morales, R.Mend. & Romero García

WFO wfo-0000404705 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Roemeria argemone, photographed by Vladimír Fuka
fig. a Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-28 / obs. 201487857
Roemeria argemone, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. b Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195934681
Roemeria argemone, photographed by Wouter Van Landuyt
fig. c Wouter Van Landuyt, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191608527
Roemeria argemone, photographed by goldfjnch
fig. d goldfjnch, CC0 1.0 / obs. 131306943
Roemeria argemone, photographed by Sandra Cellina
fig. e Sandra Cellina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129115227
Roemeria argemone, photographed by Tomas Pocius
fig. f Tomas Pocius, CC0 1.0 / obs. 107820316
Roemeria argemone, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. g Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74058851
Roemeria argemone, photographed by Angelika Baumann
fig. h Angelika Baumann, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 71157594

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Roemeria argemone is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoLebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Canary Is.Sardegna
Native distribution of Roemeria argemone, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Morocco MOR
Lebanon-Syria LBS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 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 argemone L.
  • Papaver micranthum Boreau
  • Papaver neglectum Fedde

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.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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