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corn poppy opium poppy Cluster of bright yellow-orange California poppy flowers (Eschscholzia californica) blooming among green foliage. California poppy Two Afghan workers harvest resin from scored green poppy pods in an opium poppy field, with mountains visible in the background. Mexican tulip poppy Mojave prickly poppy Purple opium poppy flower (Papaver somniferum) with a yellow center and dark markings, surrounded by green, lobed foliage. Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica).
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See poppies projected onto Big Ben in commemoration of Remembrance Sunday
Watch poppies being projected onto Big Ben in honour of Remembrance Sunday.
Video: © UK Parliament Education Service (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
See a Matilija poppy blooming, a native to California (US) and Mexico
Time-lapse video of a Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri) flowering. Native...
Video: Video by Neil Bromhall (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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corn poppy
Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas).
Johnathan J. Stegeman
opium poppy
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) with (left) mature fruit and seed and (right)...
J. Fujishima--B.W. Halstead, World Life Research Institute
California poppy
A field of California poppies (Eschscholzia californica).
© vaivirga/Shutterstock.com
California poppy
A close-up of a California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) flower.
© TorriPhoto—Moment/Getty Images
Afghanistan: opium poppies
Collecting resin from opium poppy capsules in a field in Afghanistan, 2008.
© Venelin Petkov/Dreamstime.com
Mexican tulip poppy
Mexican tulip poppy, or golden cup (Hunnemannia fumariifolia).
A to Z Botanical Collection/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Mojave prickly poppy
The large, attractive flowers of Mojave prickly poppy (Argemone corymbosa).
Curtis Clark
Opium poppy
Natural opioids, such as codeine, heroin, morphine, and opium, can be extracted from...
© liubomir/Shutterstock.com
Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica).
G.E. Hyde—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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