Poppy family
PAPAVERACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

link to Flowers in Australia

Argemone ochroleuca Mexican Prickly Poppy Magnetic Island Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Eschscholzia californica Californian Poppy Sydney, November 2006

Fumaria bastardii Bastard's Fumitory Sydney, September 2006

Papaver hybrid Shirley Poppy Wyee, October 2006

Papaver nudicaule Iceland Poppies Sydney, October 2006

Papaver rhoeas Flanders Poppy Magnetic Island Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson

We know of no species of Australian Butterfly or Moth species the caterpillars of which feed on plants in PAPAVERACEAE.

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 6 September 2009)