Oriental Poppy
Papaver orientale L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Papaveraceae
Also called Oriental poppy
Formerly Calomecon orientale, Papaver dzeghamicum, Papaver grandiflorum, Papaver monanthum, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Türkiye to N. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, orange, red, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- French
- Pavot d'Orient
- Czech
- mák východní
- Estonian
- idamagun
- Dutch
- Oosterse klaproos, Reuzenklaproos, Oosterse papaver
- Swedish
- orientvallmo
- Finnish
- idänunikko
- Lithuanian
- Rytinė aguona
- Russian
- Мак восточный
- Japanese
- オニゲシ, 鬼芥子
- German
- Türkischer Mohn
- Chinese (China)
- 东方罂粟, 鬼罂粟
- Chinese
- 東方罌粟, 东方罂粟, 鬼罂粟
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Papaver orientale (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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