Papaver somniferum is native to the Middle East, and while it is the same plant that produces opium, it also produces seed that is used in baking. It grows in full sun, ...

A. Papaver somniferum is the species of poppy used to manufacture opium. While the blossoms are beautiful and the plant often will self-seed in well-drained alkaline soil, it is illegal to grow ...

Its large, spectacular orange-red flowers are 3 ½-4 inches in diameter and have petals with a crepe-paper texture. ... Peony-flowered poppy (Papaver somniferum var. paeoniflorum) ...

Usually the lowly Papaver rhoeas (the red poppy) doesn’t make the news as much as its narcotic cousin Papaver somniferum (opium poppy), but once a year — and especially this year, the centennial ...

The jar would have contained Syrup of Papaver Erraticum, the juice of red poppy, which was used as an analgesic. Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association ...

The opium poppies are coming into flower in our High Garden nursery stock bed, the main season of which is mid- to late-summer. These are plants which sowed themselves last year, and germinated ...

Papaver somniferum. Opium poppies, in shades of amethyst and plum, are a key flower for James and his family, ... The stems of Rosa ‘Mutabilis’ are dark red, with plenty of mid-green foliage.

Papaver somniferum was among the offerings. This didn’t appear to be of concern to anyone until 1991, when local reporters began to obsess over narcotics tips following a drug bust at the ...

Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) Has large lilac flowers with a purple blush at the centre. Once cultivated in the UK, but those seen in the wild today are usually garden or field escapees. A red ...