Opium Poppy - Papaver somniferum
Medium to tall, erect plant. Leaves greyish green, oblong, but lobed and undulate, the upper clasping the stem. Flowers large, 8 to 18 cm purple, pale lilac or red, often with a deep blotch at the base of each petal, anthers pale yellow. Capsule rounded.
Cultivated and waste land, waysides.
June to August.
Annual.
Found fairly frequently throughout Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. The Flora of Leicestershire published in 1988 states that it occurred in 83 of the 617 tetrads.
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 22.6.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 June 2008 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 23.6.2008),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 June 2008
Graham Calow
Sapcote
27 June 2013 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 23.6.2008)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 June 2008 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 8.7.2007),,.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
08 July 2007
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 22.6.2008).JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 23.6.2008),.JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 23.6.2008)..JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5030 9289 (taken 8.7.2007),,.JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Opium Poppy
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Ranunculales
- Family:
- Papaveraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 107
- First record:
- 08/07/2007 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 14/09/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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