On a farm in southern Manitoba. Photo by Echoes.
by echoes Sep 8, 2003 9:19 AM
Growing alongside the common poppy in a disused sand quarry
by DMersh Jul 15, 2010 2:33 PM
by TUTMOS May 22, 2007 3:08 AM
Southern Vermont - June 2012
by GregW Jun 27, 2012 1:06 PM
Wikimedia Commons--Public Domain
by DaylilySLP Jun 6, 2016 8:19 AM
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by TUTMOS Nov 20, 2008 2:57 AM
Seedlings
by poppysue Mar 16, 2001 12:00 PM
Ripe pods & seeds
by poppysue Oct 31, 2001 11:59 AM
Pavaver somniferum 'Heirloom'
06.01.01 Seward,Alaska
by Weezingreens Feb 11, 2002 3:23 PM
Here is the seedpod, about a week before it's ready for harvest.
by dave Jun 19, 2002 9:00 PM
Opium poppy seeds cover a Lincoln penny.
by dave Jul 8, 2002 3:14 PM
P. somniferum, Young Plants - Seward, Alaska - Late June 2002
by Weezingreens Sep 30, 2002 4:20 PM
Photo taken in a relatively cold place in central Brazil... too bad it´s so hard to cultivate here in Rio de Janeiro. Plant blooming in late winter.
by Monocromatico Sep 14, 2003 1:39 PM
These are 5 feet tall.
by Ulrich Apr 30, 2004 12:26 PM
The nodding buds.
by Ulrich Apr 30, 2004 8:05 PM
by PVick Jun 24, 2004 9:09 AM
Detail closeup of unknown cultivar.
by Dodsky Jul 4, 2004 8:57 AM
The attractive glaucus blue/green foliage of papaver somniferum.... hence also the common name: lettuce leaf (looks more like a cabbage than lettuce) leaves are bluer than in photo.
by PurplePansies Jul 20, 2005 10:54 PM
by TUTMOS May 21, 2007 3:09 AM
White flowering papaver somniferum..apparently they are also attractive to bees..
by artemiss Jun 29, 2008 4:22 PM
Papaver somniferum in Victoria, Australia, October 1991
by kennedyh Sep 8, 2008 9:55 PM
Papaver somniferum in Victoria, Australia, October 1991
by kennedyh Sep 8, 2008 10:00 PM
Papaver somniferum in New South Wales, Australia, December 1998
by kennedyh Sep 8, 2008 10:02 PM
Papaver somniferum in New South Wales, Australia, December 1998
by kennedyh Sep 8, 2008 10:07 PM
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by TUTMOS Nov 20, 2008 12:39 AM
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by TUTMOS Nov 21, 2008 5:00 AM
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by TUTMOS Nov 23, 2008 2:09 AM
by TUTMOS Jan 13, 2010 5:43 PM
by DMersh Jul 15, 2010 2:33 PM
Poppy seeds and the tops of the seed capsules.
by pirl Dec 17, 2011 5:08 AM
Pretty with the wind blowing.
by pirl Dec 17, 2011 5:10 AM
Typical flower.
by pirl Dec 17, 2011 5:15 AM
In a garden setting.
by pirl Dec 17, 2011 6:17 AM
The sun provides interesting shadows within the blossom.
by pirl Dec 17, 2011 6:22 AM
Attractive to bees as you can see.
by pirl Dec 17, 2011 6:25 AM
A peek inside. Japanese iris Fortune to the right.
by pirl Dec 17, 2011 6:27 AM
I know this as 'Deep Plum' but the cultivar seems to have been included in the species
by cinemike Jun 3, 2012 7:12 PM
Southern Vermont - Late June 2012
by GregW Jun 27, 2012 1:06 PM
July 1, 2014. Louisville, KY.
by sladeofsky Jul 2, 2014 4:30 PM
P Somniferum from 2014 garden. Oh so beautiful.
by keikee Apr 9, 2015 3:45 PM
Photo courtesy of, copyright of Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California
by Kell Mar 28, 2019 11:41 AM
Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/
by Kell Apr 19, 2020 8:56 PM