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Remembrance poppy png transparent2/28/2024 ![]() ![]() The opium poppy is widely cultivated and its worldwide production is monitored by international agencies. Poppy products are also used in different paints, varnishes, and some cosmetics.Ī few species have other uses, principally as sources of drugs and foods. Poppy oil can also be added to spices for cakes, or breads. Poppy oil is often used as cooking oil, salad dressing oil, or in products such as margarine. Poppy seeds are rich in oil, carbohydrates, calcium and protein. Poppies of several other genera are also cultivated in gardens. This has resulted in a number of commercially important cultivars, such as the Shirley poppy, a cultivar of Papaver rhoeas and semi-double or double (flore plena) forms of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum and oriental poppy (Papaver orientale). The flowers of most poppy species are attractive and are widely cultivated as annual or perennial ornamental plants. It is believed that it originated in the Mediterranean region. The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, grows wild in eastern and southern Asia, and South Eastern Europe. The pollen of the oriental poppy, Papaver orientale, is dark blue, that of the field or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is grey to dark green. In the temperate zones, poppies bloom from spring into early summer. The petals are crumpled in the bud and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away. The petals are showy, may be of almost any colour and some have markings. Flowers of species (not cultivars) have 4 or 6 petals, many stamens forming a conspicuous whorl in the center of the flower and an ovary of from 2 to many fused carpels. Poppies can be over a metre tall with flowers up to 15 centimetres across. Some species are monocarpic, dying after flowering. Poppies are herbaceous annual, biennial or short-lived perennial plants. Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime, especially in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth realms. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. ![]()
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