A single opium poppy bloom is in focus in a field of cultivated poppies. One petal has fallen to display the seed pod and insects. The poppies are commonly grown for the seeds.
Close-up detail of an Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum. The flower and seed pod are clearly visible. Produced commercially in the UK for codeine, morphine and poppy seed production.
A forest of Opium Poppies (Papaver somniferum) showing all stages of development from tight green buds, through opening and fully open flowers to the first green seedheads.
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