Plant annual, caulescent, to 0.5 m high, hispid, without prickles. Stems branching. Leaves to 10 cm long; upper leaves not stem-clasping; lamina deeply pinnately or bipinnately lobed; lobes not prickle-tipped. Peduncle appressed-hispid. Petals to 25 mm long, early caducous, red to purplish red, with dark basal spot. Stamens: filaments purple, clavate; anthers pale blue. Ovary setose; stigmas 4–8; disc convex and radially vaulted. Capsule sessile, obovoid-ellipsoid to subglobose, to 1.5 cm long, obscurely to distinctly ribbed, densely and firmly setose; disc often deciduous.
Plants to 5 dm, hispid. Stems branching. Leaves to 10 cm. Inflorescences: peduncle appressed-hispid. Flowers: petals early caducous, red to purplish red, with dark basal spot, to 25 mm; anthers pale blue; ovaries setose; stigmas 4-8, disc convex and radially vaulted. Capsules sessile, obovoid-ellipsoid to subglobose, obscurely to distinctly ribbed, to 1.5 cm, densely and firmly setose, stigmatic disc often deciduous.
Erect, tufted annual to 60 cm, peduncles stiffly ascending-hairy. Mature leaves pinnate or bipinnate. Flowers pedunculate, red to purple with black blotch at base, 20-40 mm diam. Capsule with stiff, yellow, ascending bristles, terminal disc 5-8-rayed.
Annual, up to 600 mm tall. Leaves pinnate, lower ones in a rosette. Flowers solitary, small, terminal or axillary, red to purplish, with dark basal spot, sepals bristly. Fruit an obovoid-ellipsoid to subglobose, densely and firmly setose capsule.
A poppy plant. It grows 50 cm tall. The stems branch. The leaves are 10 cm long. The flowers are red to purple.