Papaver somniferum

APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Ordo: Ranunculales • Familia: Papaveraceae • Genus: Papaver • Species: Papaver somniferum L. (1753)

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Papaver somniferum

 Vernacular names

English: Opium Poppy · Català: Cascall, Carabassetes, Pintacoques · Dansk: Opium-Valmue · Deutsch: Schlafmohn · Español: Adormidera · Italiano: Papavero da oppio · Nederlands: Slaapbol · 日本語: ケシ · Slovenščina: vrtni mak · Suomi: Oopiumiunikko · Svenska: Opiumvallmo · 中文: 罂粟 ·

Photos

  Valued image set: Papaver somniferum

Foliage and flowers

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  At Kew gardens

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  Field of opium poppy in Burma (very low resolution)

Seed heads and seeds

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  seedhead with fresh white latex

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  seedhead with dried brown latex

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  Green seedheads

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  Dried seedheads

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  Seeds

Ornamental cultivars

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Illustrations

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  Vrtni mak Papaver somniferum. Illustration #63 in: Martin Cilenšek: Naše škodljive rastline, Celovec (1892)

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  Hungarian stamp from 1961