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Red Poppy

Papaver rhoeas

Description:

Papaver rhoeas (common names include corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, red poppy, red weed, and, due to its odour, which is said to cause them, as headache and headwark) is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae. This poppy, a native of Europe, is notable as an agricultural weed (hence the "corn" and "field") and as a symbol of fallen soldiers.

Habitat:

Its origin is not known for certain. As with many such plants, the area of origin is often ascribed by Americans to Europe, and by northern Europeans to southern Europe. The European Garden Flora suggests that it is ‘Eurasia and North Africa’; in other words, the lands where agriculture has been practiced since the earliest times. It has had an old symbolism and association with agricultural fertility.

Notes:

Taken at Jardin Botanique

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3 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Welcome..!!

Kevin Kavi
Kevin Kavi 12 years ago

Thank you Ashish!!!!!!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Poppy

Kevin Kavi
Spotted by
Kevin Kavi

Genève, Genève, Switzerland

Spotted on Jun 25, 2011
Submitted on Jun 27, 2011

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