Pretty poppies in perspective
Papaver somniferum is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.
It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant, grown in gardens such as these pictured here, which I grew from seed.
The native range is probably the eastern Mediterranean, but is now obscured by ancient introductions and cultivation. It is now naturalized across much of Europe and Asia.
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Pretty poppies in perspective
Papaver somniferum is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.
It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant, grown in gardens such as these pictured here, which I grew from seed.
The native range is probably the eastern Mediterranean, but is now obscured by ancient introductions and cultivation. It is now naturalized across much of Europe and Asia.
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