Poppy family (Papaveraceae)

Poppy flowers have 4 petals, numerous stamens, and 2 sepals which fall off as soon as the flower opens. The stems exude a milky latex.

List of flowers currently featured in the Poppy family

Common Poppy Opium Poppy Welsh Poppy Greater Celandine Yellow Horned-Poppy
Common Poppy
Papaver rhoeas 		Opium Poppy
Papaver somniferum 		Welsh Poppy
Meconopsis cambrica 		Greater Celandine
Chelidonium majus 		Yellow Horned-Poppy
Glaucium flavum


There are 3 other red poppies which are very similar to the Common Poppy except for the shape of their seed capsules:
   Long-headed Poppy (Papaver dubium), with elongated capsules and petals without a dark blotch at the base;
   Prickly Poppy (Papaver argemone), with long bristly capsules;
   Rough Poppy (Papaver hybridum), with crimson flowers and bristly globular capsules


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