Papaver lateritium - The Armenian poppy is a native of the mountains in Lazistan, an area in Turkish Armenia. It inhabits rocky places, preferring cliff crevices and screes lying between an altitude of 1,200 to 3,000 meters. The Armenian poppy flowers in July and August. There are approximately 750 species of poppies in the papaveraceae family. Poppies are grown for varies reasons: ornamental purposes, medicinal purposes, and as a food source.
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Greater Armenia was a kingdom flourishing as an independent entity from 321 BC to 69 BC. It served as a Roman province or client state until 12 AD and was partitioned into Byzantine Armenia in 387 AD and Persian Armenia in 428 AD. The kingdom achieved its highest level of regional influence under Tigranes the Great, who reigned from 95 to 55 BC. Under his leadership, the Kingdom of Armenia briefly existed as the most powerful state east of the Roman Empire.
