Papaver rhoeas (common poppy)

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Seedlings

Seedlings of P. rhoeas.

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Flowering plants

Mature flowering plants in wheat.

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Papaver rhoeas L. (1753)

Preferred Common Name

common poppy

Other Scientific Names

Papaver commutatum Fisch. & C. A. May
Papaver insignitum Jord.
Papaver intermedium Beck
Papaver ramosissimum Fedde 1905
Papaver roubiaei Vig.
Papaver strigosum (Boenn.) Schur 1877
Papaver tenuissimum Fedde
Papaver trilobum Wallr.
Papaver tumidulum Klokov 1953

International Common Names

English: corn poppy; field poppy; Flanders poppy; Shirley poppy
Spanish: amapola
French: coquelicot; pavot coquelicot
Chinese: li chun hua
Portuguese: papoila-das-searas; papoula ordinaria

Local Common Names

Argentina: amapola silvestre
Belgium: klaproes; kollebloem
Chile: amapola roja
Denmark: korn valmue
Egypt: deydahaan; zaghleel
Finland: silkkiunikko
Germany: Feldmohn; Feuermohn; Klapperrose; Klatsch-mohn; Klatschrose; Wider Monhn
Italy: papavero salvatico; rosolaccio
Lebanon: shaka'ik-un-naman
Netherlands: klaproos
Norway: kornvalmue
Sweden: kornvallmo
Turkey: gelincik
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): bulka

EPPO code

PAPRH (Papaver rhoeas)

Taxonomic Tree

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Papaverales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Papaver
Species: Papaver rhoeas

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 21 Jul 2022

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Origin	First Reported	Reference	Notes
Africa
Algeria	Present			Fenni (1993) Abdelhakim (2019)
Egypt	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Libya	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Morocco	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
South Africa	Present			Wells et al. (1986)
Tunisia	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
Asia
Afghanistan	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Armenia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Azerbaijan	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
China	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Georgia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
India
-Punjab	Present			Tahira and Khan (2017)
Iran	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991) Hassannejad and Ghafarbi (2013) Hassannejad et al. (2014) Vafaei and Mahmoodi (2017)
Iraq	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Israel	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Japan	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Jordan	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Lebanon	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Pakistan	Present			Basit and Ghani (1978) Tahira and Khan (2017)
South Korea	Present	Introduced	2001	Seebens et al. (2017) Choi et al. (2018)
Syria	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Taiwan	Present	Introduced	1978	Seebens et al. (2017)
Turkey	Present			Holm et al. (1991) Pala (2020)
Europe
Albania	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Austria	Present	Introduced	1980	Seebens et al. (2017) Russ (1985)	As: Papaver commutatum
Belarus	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Belgium	Present	Introduced	1880	Seebens et al. (2017) Holm et al. (1991)	As: Papaver commutatum
Bulgaria	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Czechoslovakia	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Denmark	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Estonia	Present	Introduced	1791	Seebens et al. (2017)
France	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
-Corsica	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Germany	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
Greece	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991) Chatzivassiliou et al. (2001)
Hungary	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
Iceland	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Ireland	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
Italy	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
Latvia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Lithuania	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Netherlands	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Norway	Present			CABI (Undated) Seebens et al. (2017)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Poland	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991) Kozłowska-Makulska et al. (2007) Woźniak (2020)
Portugal	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
-Azores	Present			CABI (Undated) Seebens et al. (2017)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
-Madeira	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Romania	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Russia	Present	Introduced	1967	Seebens et al. (2017) Holm et al. (1991)
Slovakia	Present			Glasa et al. (2018)
Spain	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
-Balearic Islands	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
-Canary Islands	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: USDA, et al. (1998)
Sweden	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1991)
Switzerland	Present			Jäggli (1992)
Ukraine	Present			Solomakha (1986)
United Kingdom	Present	Introduced	1548	Seebens et al. (2017) Holm et al. (1991)
North America
Canada	Present	Introduced	1926	Seebens et al. (2017) Holm et al. (1991)
United States	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
Oceania
Australia	Present	Introduced	1909	Seebens et al. (2017) Holm et al. (1991)
-New South Wales	Present			Lazarides et al. (1997)
-Northern Territory	Present			Lazarides et al. (1997)
-Queensland	Present			Lazarides et al. (1997)
-South Australia	Present			Lazarides et al. (1997)
-Tasmania	Present			Bishop and Pemberton (1996)
-Victoria	Present			Lazarides et al. (1997)
-Western Australia	Present			Lazarides et al. (1997)
New Zealand	Present			Holm et al. (1991)
South America
Argentina	Present			Valladares (1981)
Chile	Present	Introduced	1845	Seebens et al. (2017) Holm et al. (1991)
Colombia	Present			Holm et al. (1991)

Habitat List

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Category	Sub-Category	Habitat	Presence	Status
Terrestrial

Natural enemies

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Natural enemy	Type	Life stages
Alternaria compacta	Pathogen	Fruits\|pods; Plants\|Growing point; Plants\|Inflorescence; Plants\|Leaves; Plants\|Stems
Ceutorhynchus albovittatus	Herbivore	Fruits\|pods
Ceutorhynchus denticulatus	Herbivore	Plants\|Roots
Corynis similis	Herbivore	Fruits\|pods; Plants\|Inflorescence
Dendryphion papaveris	Pathogen	Plants\|Leaves
Golovinomyces cichoracearum	Pathogen	Plants\|Leaves
Pachycephus smyrnensis	Herbivore	Plants\|Roots; Plants\|Stems
Pleospora papaveracea	Pathogen	Plants\|Leaves

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