Common name: Native Poppy, Bristle Poppy
Papaver aculeatum Thunb. APNI* 
Description: Erect annual to 40 cm high.
Leaves with scattered stiff hairs, to 15 cm long, 2-pinnatisect, the segments 2–4 mm wide, petiolate.
Petals c. 12 mm long, red, readily shed.
Capsule c. 15 mm long, 6–8 mm diam.
Distribution and occurrence: widespread both as a weed in cultivation and in native plant communities. Doubtfully native.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP, *SFWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *S.A.
Text by S.W.L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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