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 ...

If you weren’t aware, morphine and other opiates come from the same plant as poppy seeds: Papaver somniferum, or the opium poppy. ... but it won’t be enough to raise a red flag.

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 ...

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 ...

The big boys of the annual poppies are the opium poppies, Papaver somniferum, which will grow up to 4ft tall. In the wild, the flowers tend to be either white or a muddy purple, but there are dozens ...

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 ...