However, the only species of Papaveraceae grown as a field crop on a large scale is Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy. |
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Like many other species of Papaver, the plant exudes white to yellowish latex when the tissues are broken. |
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Hallucinogens such as Atropa belladonna, Papaver somniferium, and Mandragora officinarum, as well as 250 other plants were used by Assyrians. |
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All sorts of poppies can be sown in this way too, including our red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. |
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All sorts of poppies can be sown this way too, including our red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. |
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All sorts of poppies can be sown in this way too, including the red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. |
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The field poppy or corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, is the poppy of wartime remembrance. |
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Ontogeny and cytochemistry of alkaloidal vesicles in laticifers of Papaver somniferum, American Jour. |
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Opium, an exudate of Papaver somniferum, a poppy cultivated historically in Asia, was already well known to Galen. |
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He is also attempting to germinate a native Lesotho poppy, Papaver Aculeatum, to display at Chelsea for the first time. |
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Papaver rhoeas Produces simple bright red flowers and will self-seed for next year as well. |
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Papaver Marcus Perry is a beautiful, ornamental variety with deep red petals and a centre that is as black as a raven's wing. |
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The endorphins and enkephalins are similar to opium, heroin, and morphine, drugs derived from the seeds of the poppy plant Papaver somniferurm. |
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For a shorter-lived plant the Iceland Poppy, Papaver nudicaule, has flowers from white through yellow and pink to orange-red. |
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Similarly, the cultivated form retains its seed in an indehiscent capsule and is unlikely to be a crop contaminant in the way that other Papaver species can be. |
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