Papaver armeniacum

Zalla

Biennial, not glaucous. Stems 20-40 cm, numerous from the crown, hispid with rigid setae below. ± glabrous above. Lower leaves 3-4 x pinnatisect, the segments linear, 1-3 mm broad. Buds ovate, up to 1 cm. Petals orange-red, 0.75-1.5 mm. Capsule 8-12 mm, narrowly elliptic to oblong, ribbed, strongly torulose. Fl. 7-8. Limestone screes, eroded slopes, etc., 2600-3400 m.

?Transcaucasia, N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element.