Papaver somniferum |
Papaver macounii |
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common garden poppy, common poppy, opium poppy, pavot (commun) |
Macoun's poppy |
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Habit | Plants to 15 dm, glabrate, glaucous. | Plants loosely cespitose, with persistent leaf bases. | ||||
Stems | simple or branching. |
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Leaves | to 30 cm; blade sometimes sparsely setose abaxially on midrib; margins usually shallowly to deeply toothed. |
petiole to 3/4 length of leaf; blade lanceolate, 1-2x-lobed; primary lobes generally lanceolate, sometimes strap-shaped, apex acute or obtuse. |
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Inflorescences | peduncle often sparsely setose. |
scapes erect. |
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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. |
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Capsules | stipitate, subglobose, not ribbed, to 9 cm, glaucous. |
more than 4 times longer than broad. |
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Papaver somniferum |
Papaver macounii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer. | |||||
Habitat | Fields, clearings, stream banks, railroads, roadsides, and other disturbed sites | |||||
Elevation | 0-1300 m (0-4300 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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AK; NT; YT; Russia |
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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.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||
Parent taxa | Papaveraceae > Papaver > sect. Papaver | Papaveraceae > Papaver > sect. Meconella | ||||
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 508. (1753) | Greene: Pittonia 3: 247. (1897) | ||||
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