Welsh Poppy

(near Wood Stanway, Cotswolds, June 2011)

The Welsh Poppy belongs to the Papaveraceae family (papaver is latin for poppy) along with the other poppies but its closest relatives are those of the Meconopsis genus which grow in the Himalayas - the famed blue poppies.

The Welsh Poppy scientific name is Meconopsis Cambrica and the flowers tend to be yellow.

Meconopsis is from the greek Mekon (poppy) + opsis (appearance) and Cambrica means from Cambria which is the classical name for Wales or Cymru.