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Papaver rhoeas

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Papaver rhoeas

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Also known as Common Poppy

species of plant

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Papaver rhoeas, commonly known as the common poppy, is a species of plant in the family Papaveraceae. Its scientific name is Papaver rhoeas L. The organism belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Tracheophyta. It is classified under the class Magnoliopsida and the order Ranunculales. The parent taxon is Papaver.

The species has a range that includes China, specifically Fujian, Tianjin, and Xinjiang. It is considered invasive in China. The plant produces a capsule as its fruit type. It is used as a fruit and as a medicinal plant. Seeds of Papaver rhoeas are held in Kew's Millennium Seed Bank.

Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

common poppy

Papaver rhoeas

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRanunculales
  5. FamilyPapaveraceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde
Observations66,766
Observations recorded437,215

Papaver rhoeas Boutons et fleur épanouie. Le Coquelicot (Papaver rhoeas) est une espèce de plantes dicotylédones de la famille des Papaveraceae, originaire d'Eurasie. C'est une plante herbacée annuelle, très abondante dans les terrains fraîchement remués à partir du printemps, qui se distingue par la couleur rouge de ses fleurs et par le fait qu'elle forme souvent de grands tapis colorés visibles de très loin. Elle appartient au groupe des plantes dites messicoles car elle est associée à l'agriculture depuis des temps très anciens, grâce à son cycle biologique adapté aux cultures de céréales, la floraison et la mise à graines intervenant avant la moisson. Très commune dans différents pays d'Europe, elle a beaucoup régressé du fait de l'emploi généralisé des herbicides et de l'amélioration du tri des semences de céréales.

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,628
With media
2,653
Family
Papaveraceae
Collections
INECOL, ENCB-IPN, UACH, CHSC, MADUG-UG, NY
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Syrian Arab Republic, Italy
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Encyclopedic overview

Papaver rhoeas, with common names including common poppy, corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, red poppy, and Odai, is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is native to north Africa and temperate Eurasia and is introduced into temperate areas on all other continents except Antarctica.

It is regarded as an agricultural weed (hence the common names including "corn" and "field"). As the plant thrives in areas of disturbed soil, it was often abundant in agricultural fields before the advent of herbicides. Flushes of poppies may still appear in fields where herbicides are not used, as well as those in fallow. The corn poppy and its cultivars such as the Shirley poppy are widely grown in gardens, and are frequently found in packets of seed labelled "wildflower mixes". Since World War I, it has been used in the Commonwealth as a symbol of remembrance for fallen soldiers because it commonly grew in fields disturbed by war.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Papaver rhoeas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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