Papaver Species, Breadseed Poppy, Lettuce Leaf Poppy, Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)

On a farm in southern Manitoba. Photo by Echoes.

by echoes Sep 8, 2003 9:19 AM

by ravenlove1313 Jul 12, 2008 3:31 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

by poppysue Nov 12, 2002 12:56 AM

In bloom early July

by herrhagendotnet Aug 6, 2003 11:20 AM

The bulging pod early July

by herrhagendotnet Aug 6, 2003 11:20 AM

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

by radar_17 Jun 25, 2005 11:08 PM

Double pink/salmon

by PurplePansies Jul 20, 2005 10:54 PM

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

by Jan 18, 2008 2:03 AM

by Jan 18, 2008 2:03 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

by ToneBone Jul 21, 2016 4:25 PM

Photo courtesy of, copyright of Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California

by Kell Mar 28, 2019 11:41 AM