#Breadseed poppy seedlings full#

Leaves: Leaf Color: Gray/Silver Green Leaf Feel: Rough Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Margin: Dentate Hairs Present: No Leaf Description: Leaves are gray green, alternate, simple, clasping, toothed.Flowers: Flower Color: Blue Pink Purple/Lavender Red/Burgundy White Flower Inflorescence: Solitary Flower Value To Gardener: Showy Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Shape: Saucer Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Flower Size: 1-3 inches Flower Description: Flowers solitary terminal, with 5 or more showy petals.Seed pods are showy and are often used in dried arrangements. Fruit: Fruit Color: Brown/Copper Green Fruit Value To Gardener: Good Dried Showy Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Length: 1-3 inches Fruit Width: 1-3 inches Fruit Description: Fruit a capsule with an expanded disc at the top and over small holes through which the minute seeds are dispersed.

#Breadseed poppy seedlings full#

Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Soil Texture: High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Available Space To Plant: 12 inches-3 feet USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Perennial Poisonous Habit/Form: Erect Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: Low.Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Edibility: Poppy seeds used as the topping of bread are safe. Life Cycle: Annual Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Europe Distribution: Illegally planted, sometimes persisting in old gardens Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, hover flies. Attributes: Genus: Papaver Species: somniferum Family: Papaveraceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Opium, morphine codeine, and heroin are made from the milky sap of the unripe fruit capsules.Tags: #showy flowers #poisonous #interesting flowers #easy to grow #red flowers #showy fruits #illegal #large flowers #flowers late spring #dried arrangements #perennial See this plant in the following landscape: Flowers Galore Cultivars / Varieties: Opium poppy reseeds and may spread easily in southern gardens. Take care that pets and children do not sample poppies as they are poisonous. Garden poppies are a different species and may or may not contain opium alkaloids The milky latex has compounds in it that concentrate at higher temperatures and can be used to create opioid medicines.Īlthough it is illegal to grow opium poppies in North Carolina, it is legal to sell and buy the seeds. They have gray-green leaves, showy flowers, and a milky juice that exudes from the plant when cut. Opium poppies are erect annuals in the Papaveraceae family.

Phonetic Spelling pah-PAY-ver som-NIH-fer-um This plant has high severity poison characteristics.