Papaver humile, Humble Poppy,
פרג נחות
 
Scientific name:  Papaver humile Fedde
Common name:  Humble Poppy
Hebrew name:  פרג נחות
Family:  Papaveraceae, פרגיים

Papaver humile, Humble Poppy, פרג נחות
Date Picture Taken: May 24, 2008

 
Life form:  Annual
Leaves:  Alternate, rosette, dissected, dentate or serrate
Flowers:  Red
Flowering Period:  April, May, June
Habitat:  Shrub-steppes, Desert
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:   Saharo-Arabian
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Papaver humile, Humble Poppy, פרג נחות
Date Picture Taken: March 14, 2008


Derivation of the botanical name:
Papaver, the classical Latin name for the poppy.
humile, low, low-growing, humble.
  • The standard author abbreviation Fedde is used to indicate Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde (1873 - 1942), a German botanist.

Papaver humile, Humble Poppy, פרג נחות
Date Picture Taken: March 3, 2007