Characteristics
Dicots
Papaver somniferum L.
OPIUM POPPY
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Not Native
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Classification
Citation
PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 508. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 669.8). Lectotypified by Jafri & Qaiser, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 61: 20. 1974.
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Plant Photos
Papaver somniferum
- Dennis Woodland
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