Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
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 (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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paso2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_papaver_somniferum1
November Juan Fernandez Is. Chile
Plant glabrous glaucous; [upper] leaves clasping, coarsely irregularly dentate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.