Opium Poppy
Papaver somniferum
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- Type: Flowering Plant
- Family: Papaveraceae
- Genus: Papaver
- Species: somniferum
- Colour: Purple
- Habitat: Hedgerows
- Habitat: Meadows
- Habitat: Scrubland
- Habitat: Waysides
- Site:East London
- Site:Ripple Nature Reserve
- Site:UK
- Month:July
- Photographer:RKS