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Papaver somniferum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Papaver somniferum - Flower buds - Click to enlarge!

Flower buds; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Papaver somniferum - Capsule with one petal remaining - Click to enlarge!

Capsule with one petal remaining; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Papaver somniferum - Capsule - Click to enlarge!

Capsule; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Papaver somniferum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 1820
Date of entry: 28.09.2011
Last update: 09.08.2023

Common name

English: Opium poppy

German: Schlafmohn

Portuguese: Papoila-dormideira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Ranunculales (76)

        Family: Papaveraceae (16)(family description)

          Genus: Papaver (6)

            Epithet: somniferum L. (1)

somniferum => sleep-inducing

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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