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Roemeria refracta

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Roemeria refracta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Roemeria
Species:
R. refracta
Binomial name
Roemeria refracta
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Roemeria refracta, the spotted Asia-poppy, is an annual, hairy herbaceous plant of the genus Roemeria and the family Papaveraceae. The plant is 4 to 50 cm tall. The petals are red with a black spot at the base. Sometimes there is a white border around the black spot. Also, in a variety of this plant (Roemeria refracta var. alba), the petals are white. The fruit is a narrow, dehiscent capsule 2 to 8 cm long. Geographical distribution: Turkey, Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1]


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  1. ^ توکلی, زهرا; اسدی, مصطفی; زراعتکار, امین (2014). "مروری بر تاکسونومی جنس Roemeria در ایران". رستنیها. 15 (2). doi:10.22092/botany.2014.101238.