OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Papaver somniferum   FAMILY Papaveraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver somniferum   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Papaver somniferum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Papaver somniferum

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, 1938)

Papaver somniferum

 

COMMON NAME:
Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy


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image of Papaver somniferum, Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paso2_001_lvd

        

image of Papaver somniferum, Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy

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.

image of Papaver somniferum, Opium Poppy, Breadseed Poppy

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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Papaver somniferum   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Papaver somniferum   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Papaver somniferum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Papaver somniferum

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, 1938)
Papaver somniferum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4256

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe & Asia Minor

Waif(s)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Basal & lower stem lvs petiolate; upper stem lvs sessile (sometimes clasping).

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White, pink, red, or purple often with dark or pale basal spot
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2-3 sepals
4 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary, terminal

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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