| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Papaver persicum Lindl. |
| Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1570 (1833) |
| Native Range | Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1100-2800m |
| Description | stems paniculate-ramose, leafy, sparsely adpressed setose, leaves pinnatisect, segments oblong, entire to irregularly serrate, buds with long orange hairs; biennial |
| Size | 30-40cm |
| Color | bright red, orange |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | biennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Papaver armeniacum var. persicum (Lindl.) N.Busch Papaver persicum ssp. fulvum Kit Tan & Sorger |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |