Welsh Poppy - Papaver cambricum
Description
Medium slightly hairy, loosely tufted plant, with yellow latex from broken stems. Flowers yellow, rarely orange 4 to 8 cm solitary on long stalks. Capsule elliptical with a short style at the apex.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Moist shaded habitats, old walls, rocky places, hedgerows and woodland.
When to see it
June to August.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Mainly found in Wales and south-western England, but naturalised elsewhere in Britain.
VC55 Status
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland and probably naturalised in this area from escaped garden stock. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 13 of the 617 tetrads.
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