Papaver orientale

Species category

Flower

Common name

Oriental poppy

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Broad paisley

Size

  • Length 1–1.2 mm 
  • Width 0.9–1 mm 
  • Thickness 0.5–0.6 mm 

Color

Dark brown 

Texture

Longitudinally reticulatedReticulated:
Resembling a net or network, especially having veins, fibers, or lines crossing the surface.  

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is at inside curve.

Identification notes

ReticulationReticulated:
Resembling a net or network, especially having veins, fibers, or lines crossing the surface.  
is brown.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Papaveraceae

Valid name

Papaver orientale L.

Synonyms

Papaver pseudo-orientale (Fedde) Medw.
Papaver pseudoorientale (Fedde) Medv., orth. var.

 Papaver orientale.  Dark brown true seeds with the hilum on the inside curve.
Papaver orientale. Dark brown true seeds with the hilum on the inside curve.