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Papaver (genus)


Identification code: 300375678



Alternative term/s

  • poppies
  • poppy

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Scope note:

Genus containing around 75-100 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa, and North America. They have showy solitary flowers and some species have a milky latex with narcotic properties. Poppies have been cultivated since ca. 5,000 BCE.

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