Papaver atlanticum (Ball) Coss.

Perennial herb; rosette densely leafy from stout rootstock covered with bases of old lvs; stems erect, to 60 cm tall, with spreading hairs below. Lvs glaucous or dull green, petiolate, the lower (8)–15–35 × (1)–2–4 cm, the upper smaller. Lamina oblanceolate, cuneate at base, pinnatifid, bluntly toothed, hispid. Pedicels 20–50 cm long, with appressed hairs above. Sepals hispid, c. 15 × 10 mm. Petals orange, without dark blotch, 3–4 × 3–4 cm. Capsule broadly clavate, widest in upper ⅓, slightly ribbed, glabrous, 20–30 × 5–10 mm; stigmatic disc = width of capsule, flat; rays 6–7.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–(Mar.); Fruiting: Nov.–(Mar.)