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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
Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae.
It was first described by French botanist Viguier in 1814 who
named it as poppy-like. The species have attractive flowers and have two
distinct ranges. A single species, Meconopsis
cambrica, is indigenous to England, Wales, Ireland, and the fringes of
Western Europe, although recent studies suggest that it does not belong in the
genus. Source
Papaver rhoeas (common names include corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, red poppy, red weed, coquelicot, and, due to its odour, which is said to cause them, as headache and headwark) is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae. This poppy, a native of Europe, is notable as an agricultural weed and as a symbol of fallen soldiers. P. rhoeas sometimes is so abundant in agricultural fields that it may be mistaken for a crop. The only species of Papaveraceae grown as a field crop on a large scale is Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy. Source
