Papaver somniferum Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 6058

Papaver somniferum L.

Opium poppy

2007 Pasi Rein

2011 Louis-M. Landry

2009 Luigi Rignanese

2013 Zoya Akulova

Papaver somniferum, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (29 records) Plant Characteristics

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Photos from Calflora / CalPhotos


Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Papaver

Toxicity: MINOR, DERMATITIS

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by ICPN + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Papaver somniferum var. setigerum

More information about Papaver somniferum


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PASO2) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/22/2021).