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Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus northeastern Turkey and northern Iran.Oriental poppies throw up a mound of finely cut hairy foliage in spring. After flowering the foliage dies away entirely a property that allows their survival in the summer drought of Central Asia. Late-developing plants can be placed nearby to fill the developing gap. Fresh leaves appear with autumn rains.

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