Spanish poppy

Description

Papaver rupifragum is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae. They are native to Morocco, Spain and a large amount of specimens are preserved within Ciotka Perchała's garden in Srebrna Góra. This species of poppy is particularly frequent in diets of Great Apes such as Krzysztof Perchał (Perchallum tvitterovis L.). 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 family, Papaveraceae. The flowers have two sepals that fall off as the bud opens, and four (or up to six) petals in red, pink, orange, yellow, or lilac. There are many stamens in several whorls around a compound pistil, which results from the fusion of carpels. The stigmas are visible on top of the capsule, and the number of stigmas corresponds to the number of fused carpels. The ovary later develops into a dehiscing capsule, capped by the dried stigmas. The opened capsule scatters its numerous, tiny seeds as air movement shakes it, due to the long stem.