Taxonomy: Fam. Papaveraceae// Genus: Papaver// Species: Papaver dubium L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski in Micevski (1993) and Mowat and Walters in Tutin et al. (1964).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Europe, North Africa, West Asia to West Himalaya according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats – grasslands, sparse woods, roadsides, footpaths.
Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.
Locality: lake “Gradche”.
Papaver dubium – habit. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – habit. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flower. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flower. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flower. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flower. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaves. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – abaxial side of leaf. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – adaxial side of leaf. Near lake “Gradche” , 01.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: hilly region near village of Beli.
Papaver dubium – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli,14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flower. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – outer side of petals. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – fruit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – fruit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – adaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 14.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River.
Papaver dubium – habit. Gorge of Kochanska “River”, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flower and fruit. Gorge of Kochanska “River”, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flowers. Gorge of Kochanska “River”, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 17.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – flower- ovary and anthers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 17.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Papaver dubium – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 17.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Papaver L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 154 – 161.
Papaver L. Mowat, A.B. and Walters, S.M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 247 – 250.
