Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Papaver somniferum
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Opium Poppy from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
When unripe capsules of the opium poppy are cut, they exude a milky latex that turns brown and rubbery when dried. This is opium. Read more at "Magical, Mystical and Medicinal".
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver somniferum
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-001:
Papaver somniferum
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Papaver somniferum
COMMON NAME:
Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_papaver_somniferum1
November Juan Fernandez Is. Chile
Plants glabrate, glaucous. Leaf margins usually shallowly to deeply toothed, per Flora of North America.
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_papaver_somniferum2
November Juan Fernandez Is. Chile
Unknown in the wild, cultivated for centuries as the source of opium, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Papaver somniferum
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver somniferum
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-05-001:
Papaver somniferum
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Papaver somniferum