| Scientific Name: | Papaver orientale |
| Common Name: | Oriental poppy |
| Family Name: | Papaveraceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Glandular hairs, Lanceolate, Cleft (parted), Pinnately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Pink, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves thistle-like, pinnately dissected, toothed, hairy, grayish-green up to 30cm long, turning yellow soon after flowering; flowers with four large wavy pink, red, orange or white petals with a dark center; fruit an attractive brown capsule with pores about 2cm long. | |