Papaver is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy f
Illustration of Papaver argemone
Papaver spicatum
The fire poppy, Papaver californicum, is placed in a section, Papaver sect. Californicum, on its own.
Papaver cambricum, synonym Meconopsis cambrica, the Welsh poppy, is a perennial flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It has yellow to orange flowers and is widely grown as a garden plant.
Foliage and unopened flower buds
Papaver cambricum - MHNT
Orange Welsh poppy growing in mossy cracks in a garden wall