Very nice usha di On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Papaver bracteatum* Lindl., Coll. bot. t. 23. 1821 > > Common names: Great scarlet poppy, scarlet poppy > > Robust perennial herb up to 1.20 cm tall, simple or rarely branched; > leaves up to 40 cm long, setose on both surfaces, bipinnatipartite, lobes > bristle-tipped, lower long petiolate, upper sessile; flowers large, 10-20 > cm across, on short to long somewhat appressed hispid peduncle, buds erect, > subtended by 3-5 sepaloid and two foliaceous bracts; petals 4-6, red with > dark basal spot; stamens numerous with violet anthers; stigmatic disc > nearly flat to slightly convex, rays 11-16; capsule subglobose, 3-5-4 cm > long. > Commonly cultivated in gardens in Kashmir. Photographed from Harwan > garden. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
