Papaver somniferum |
Papaver hybridum |
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common garden poppy, common poppy, opium poppy, pavot (commun) |
rough poppy, round pricklyhead poppy |
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Habit | Plants to 15 dm, glabrate, glaucous. | Plants to 5 dm, hispid. |
Stems | simple or branching. |
branching. |
Leaves | to 30 cm; blade sometimes sparsely setose abaxially on midrib; margins usually shallowly to deeply toothed. |
to 10 cm. |
Inflorescences | peduncle often sparsely setose. |
peduncle appressed-hispid. |
Flowers | petals white, pink, red, or purple, often with dark or pale basal spot, to 6 cm; anthers pale yellow; stigmas 5-18, disc ± flat. |
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 | stipitate, subglobose, not ribbed, to 9 cm, glaucous. |
sessile, obovoid-ellipsoid to subglobose, obscurely to distinctly ribbed, to 1.5 cm, densely and firmly setose, stigmatic disc often deciduous. |
Papaver somniferum |
Papaver hybridum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Fields, clearings, stream banks, railroads, roadsides, and other disturbed sites | Fields, vineyards, and disturbed sites |
Elevation | 0-1300 m (0-4300 ft) | 0-700 m (0-2300 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CT; IL; MA; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; ND; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OR; PA; TX; UT; VA; VT; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; QC; SK; Greenland; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America]
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CA; NC; PA; SC; Eurasia; n Africa [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Unknown in the wild, Papaver somniferum probably came originally from southeastern Europe and/or southwestern Asia. It has been cultivated for centuries as the source of opium (and its modern derivatives heroin, morphine, and codeine), and also for edible seeds and oil. Various color forms with laciniate and/or doubled petals are grown for ornament. Widely introduced from cultivation and also as a crop weed, it should be expected elsewhere in the flora. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Papaver hybridum should be expected elsewhere in the flora. Some California collections of this crop weed have been misidentified as Papaver apulum Tenore var. micranthum (Boreau) Fedde, which is not known to occur in the flora. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Papaveraceae > Papaver > sect. Papaver | Papaveraceae > Papaver |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 508. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 506. (1753) |
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