Papaver is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annuals, biennials, and perennials native to temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America. It is the type genus of the poppy f
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Illustration of Papaver argemone
Papaver spicatum
The fire poppy, Papaver californicum, is placed in a section, Papaver sect. Californicum, on its own.
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 famil