Monday 8 September 2014
A poppy is a flowering
plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous
annual, biennial or short-lived perennial plants. Some species are monocarpic,
dying after flowering. Poppies can be over 4 feet tall with flowers up to six
inches across. The flowers have 4 to 6 petals, many stamens forming a
conspicuous whorl in the centre of the flower. Source
