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Scarlet Flax

Linum grandiflorum rubrum

Description:

Wildflower growing In my backyard, possibly a poppy?

1 Species ID Suggestions

Oriental Poppy
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5 Comments

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Nice work! Yes, that fits the bill nicely. Thanks for letting me know!

Thurd13
Thurd13 12 years ago

Thanks for the info, craigwilliams, I agree with u that it is not an oriental poppy; after further research, thinking it may be a scarlet flax

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

This is what Papaver orientale looks like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_ori...

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

This does have the look of a Poppy but it isn't Papaver orientale and I don't think it's a Papaver either as the species in this genus have many stamens and this only has five. Maybe in the Poppy family (Papaveraceae) but I'm afraid I don't recognise it.

Thurd13
Thurd13 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID SavannahMarie. I had a feeling it was a type of poppy.

Thurd13
Spotted by
Thurd13

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on Oct 3, 2011
Submitted on Oct 3, 2011

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