Opium poppy - Papaver somniferum

Scientific name: Papaver somniferum L. ( Papaveraceae)

Common Name:

• English: Opium poppy
• French: Pavot somnifère
• German: Schlafmohn
• Italian: Papavero da oppio
• Spanish: Adormidera

Distribution:

Europe to Asia; its original habitat is obscure.

Floras and Literature:

Flora Europaea (ed. TG Tutin), 1964-1980, vol. 1, p. 247.

Flora Hellenica (eds. A. Strid and K. Tan), 2002, vol. 2, pp. 86-87.

Flowers of Greece (eds. T. Lafranchis and G. Sfikas), 2009, vol. 1, p. 155.

Flowers of Crete (eds. J. Fielding and N. Turland), 2005, p. 321.

Flora of Turkey (ed. PH Davis et al.), 1965-2000, vol. 1, p. 230.

D. Mabberley, Mabberley’s Plant-book, 4th edition, 2017, p 675-676.