Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) is a biennial or short-lived perennial boasting large, delicately fragrant, saucer-shaped flowers, up to 4 in. across (10 cm), adorned with crinkled petals and golden stamens. Blooming from late spring to early summer, the spectacular blossoms, in shades of white, yellow, orange, salmon, rose and pink, seem to float amid the garden on their fuzzy leafless stems. They rise above a small, basal rosette of moss green, pinnately lobed leaves.
