Herba annua, erecta, ad basin ramosa, c. 25 cm alta, glabra sed peduncula superne papillosa. Folia 2-pinnatisecta, lobis omnia brevis, tenuis, oblongis vel linearis, lobulatis vel integris, 3-10 (-12) mm longis, 1-2 mm latis; folia basalia et inferiora sub-rosularia, petiolata, 3-7 cm longa, 1-1.5 cm lata; folia superiora brevi petiolata, subsessilia vel sessilia; lobis lateralibus 4-6, tenuis; pedunculis 1-4 cm longis, plermuque a terminalis et a lateralis, sparse papillosi. Alabaster suborbicularis, 5-7 mm diam., glabris, ad apicem rotundis. Flores 20-25 mm diam. valde rubri vel scarleti. Petala c. 15 mm longa, obvato-orbiculata; stamina ovario superentia, 5-6 mm longa, rubra; antheris c. 1 mm longis, oblongis. Capsulis (immaturis) valde brevioris, 4-5 mm longis, c. 3 mm latis, oblongis ad basin rotundatis, glabris vel indistincte papillosis; stigmata 5-6 lobata, plana.
Habitu valde similis Papaver hybridi L. sed plantis glabris ad apicem pedunculi papillosi vel subpapillosi, capsulis brevis et glabris vel obscure papillosis, oblongis, lobis foliis tenuis brevis. A Papaver tenuifolia Boiss. sed caulis longis foliatis.
Fl.Per. April.
Type: C-7 Campbellpore, in grain fields, fls. very dark red, 2.4.1949, R.R. Stewart s.n. (RAW).
Distribution: Known from the type gathering only.
An interesting species, probably a hybrid, apparently looking like Papaver hybridum L. and flower arrangement like those in Papaver pavoninum Fisch. & Mey., but glabrous and only papillose on the peduncles, fruits (immature) glabrous or obscurely papillose very small. Also looks like Papaver tenuifolium Boiss., but stem elongated, leafy and peduncles not subscapose.
