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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Sheep on December 08, 2015, 07:27:38 PM

Title: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Sheep on December 08, 2015, 07:27:38 PM: Hi,

Could anybody possibly please advise me if Papaver burseri has petals that are entirely white or if they can have a greenish yellow area at the base?

I have a book about poppies that describes them as "purest white" or something similar but I am not sure if that means completely white.

Many thanks.

Nick
Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Maggi Young on December 09, 2015, 04:21:52 PM: I've only seen plants in cultivation with flowers that are entirely white - and the photos I've seen from the wild seem to be that way too - but that's not definitive :)
Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Sheep on December 09, 2015, 08:59:07 PM: Many thanks. :)
Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: hadacekf on December 10, 2015, 03:38:57 PM: Nick,
Papaver burseri is native to north-easterly Alps. It is completely white.
Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Sheep on December 12, 2015, 10:00:47 PM: Franz,
Thank you for the additional information and for confirming that it is completely white.
Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Sheep on December 12, 2015, 10:17:40 PM: A photograph of what I thought was P.burseri but which now appears to be a hybrid:

(If the photo is missing I apologise, I have been struggling to attach one but hope I might now have cracked it.)
Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Sheep on December 12, 2015, 10:22:31 PM: The plant:
Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Maggi Young on December 15, 2015, 01:10:02 PM: This photo of a fine plant of P. burseri was just posted to Facebook by SRGC member Todd Boland

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Title: Re: Papaver burseri identification
Post by: Sheep on December 16, 2015, 05:42:30 PM: Thank you so much for posting this picture. Looking at this I think the petals are a different shape too.