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Papaver orientale
Good-sized (~ 10 cm diameter) red flower with frilly-edged petals.
Pacific northwest suburban area.
Spotted in the back yard of a residence. Inside the flower were a spider (not imaged) and a brown slug (more obvious in the second image than the first). Also visible, at "4 o'clock" in the first image, and at "5 o'clock" in the second is a flower bud.
Your welcome, glad I could help. There are a lot of types of poppy out there. I suspect this may be a variety of oriental poppy because of the frilled edge of the petals.
Dan, thanks for the ID. Interestingly, my son's mother-in-law suggested that this spotting was a poppy, but I disagreed because its petals did not have the smooth edges that I have always associated with poppies, for example those worn on Remembrance Day. After receiving your suggestion, I educated myself just a bit online, and have edited the spotting. "Knowledge is Good." Thanks again.
Spotted on May 26, 2013
Submitted on May 28, 2013
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