opium poppy: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Papaver somniferum

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Purple opium poppy flower (Papaver somniferum) with a yellow center and dark markings, surrounded by green, lobed foliage.

Two Afghan workers harvest resin from scored green poppy pods in an opium poppy field, with mountains visible in the background.

An Afghan policeman in uniform uses a stick to destroy white opium poppy plants in a large field in Afghanistan.

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