Opium Poppy
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Opium Poppy (Named Hybrids Somniferum) ...
40 (100)cm, Wild Opium Poppy is an annual, fast growing species from the Mediterranean with ornamental large, silvery-glaucous, plain leaves and showy flowers, which are rosy-red in this form from Sardinia (Italy).
The opium poppy 'Hens and Chickens' is an example of where secondary flowers are formed around the main flower.
Opium poppy has been cultivated for its medicinal uses for more than 6,000 years. This is a very fast growing flower that will thrive in almost any moderately well drained soil.
EnglischPoppy, Opium poppy, Garden poppy
EsperantoPapavo, Papavosemo
EstnischMagun,Unimagun, Moon Farsiخشخاش Khash-khash, Shagheyegh ...
Another annual, the opium poppy (P. somniferum), is often grown for its seed pods, striking in dried-flower arrangements. Its large, early summer flowers are complimented by deeply lobed green leaves tinged with grey.
OPIUM (Gr. ii rcov, dim. from 6 r63, juice), a narcotic drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, a plant probably indigenous in the south of Europe and western Asia, ...
Fortunately or unfortunately, the opium poppy in its gardened cultivars are not fine sources of the Black Tar, & is probably less useful for hallicinogenic properties than the germination of your average narcissus bulb.
Papaver somniferum ( Opium Poppy )
Papaver somniferum ( Peony Flowered Poppy )
Papaver somniferum ( White Cloud Poppy ) ...
Like oriental poppy, it prefers higher elevations and cool temperatures. Opium poppy, another short-lived plant, will re-seed freely once established in a garden - beware, however: it is illegal to grow in some regions.
Use: (a) Sedative, (b) Antispasmodic, (c) Mild anodyne with a reputation of being used as a milder substitute for its relative, Opium poppy. It is often used for children with colic and agitation.
The death of the herbal was one of the reasons why, with a few exceptions, the only plants which have retained their place in the Allopaths' pharmacopoeias are poisonous ones like Aconite, Belladonna, Henbane and the Opium Poppy.
Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy)
Papaver rhoeas (Corn Poppy, Shirley Poppy)
Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy)
Romneya coulteri (Coulter's Matilija Poppy)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot, Red Puccoon) ...
Economically, the most important plant in the family is the opium poppy (P. somniferum), now widely cultivated from Europe to East Asia. The milky sap of its unripe seed pods is the source of and several other similar drugs, e.g., , , and .
 See also: Poppy, Papaver, May, Rose, Green
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