Seasonal Wild Flowers

Welsh Poppy - orange

Meconopsis cambrica var aurantiaca

Papaveraceae

April to October (some continue to flower into December)

Mainly on the western side of the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Welsh Poppy - orange

This garden escape is naturalised in hedge banks, open

woods and waste ground, along roadsides and paths and

on walls.It can be a persistent weed in gardens.

It grows in the same places as the yellow Welsh Poppy.

Welsh Poppy - orange is a perennial herb that grows to

around 60cm.

It is similar to Welsh Poppy, apart from being orange.

The orange, attractive flower is quite large (up to 7.5cm

across) and has numerous yellow anthers and 4-6 white

stigma lobes.

The leaves are pale green and pinnately lobed.

The fruit is a narrow capsule, as in Welsh Poppy.

The stem releases a yellow juice when damaged.

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Welsh Poppy - orange

Single flower

Close up - stigmas, capsule and anthers

Leaves