Botanical name: Papaver nudicaule    Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Synonyms: Oreomecon nudicaulis

Iceland Poppy is a biennial or short-lived perennial herb boasting large, delicately fragrant, saucer-shaped flowers, up to 10 cm across, adorned with crinkled petals and golden stamens. Blooming from late spring to early summer, the spectacular blossoms, in shades of white, yellow, orange, salmon, rose and pink, seem to float amid the garden on their fuzzy leafless stems. They rise above a small, basal rosette of moss-green, pinnately lobed leaves. Hardy and fast-growing, the satiny blossoms are extremely attractive to honeybees and bumblebees, and other pollinators and beneficial insects. Iceland Poppies thrive in subarctic regions but are often planted as annuals in warmer climates. Iceland Poppy is native to S. & E. Central Siberia to Alaska, cultivated elsewhere.

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