Photo: Papaver somniferum 04.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 4.

Flowers of same. They're not half as pretty as those of the cultivars. Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2001-07-24.


Papaver somniferum L.
Engl.: blue bread seed poppy, mawseed, opium poppy, white poppy.
Deu.: Schlaf-Mohn.
Suom.: oopiumunikko, oopiumiunikko.
Sven.: opiumvallmo, opievallmo, vallmo.
Fran.: pavot à opium, pavot officinal.
Span.: adormideras.
Pharm.: fructus papaveris, meconium, opium, papaveris capsulae, succus thebaicus.
Bot. syn.: Papaver laciniatum hort., Papaver paeoniflorum hort.