Papaveraceae
Orange poppy
Afropapaver aculeatum
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Afropapaver
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Wildepapawer, Wildepoppie
- Arabic
- خشخاش لاذع
- English
- Orange poppy
Synonyms
- Papaver aculeatum Thunb.
- Papaver gariepinum Burch. ex DC.
- Papaver horridum DC.
- Papaver multiflorum Burm.f.
- Papaver nudum Burm.f.
Flowers
- In flower
- October to January (from 88 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Di Turner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.