Help with ID please - poppy

green orchid · #1 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 10:22 AM

I thought these were Opium Poppies but I dont really have a clue, can anyone help please. They are growing on waste land in the middle of a car park.

Lancashire Lad · #2 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 01:42 PM

Going on colour alone, (with just a little help from the drooping nature of the seed pod and silvery green stem colour), I'm tempted to agree.

But a photo looking directly into the flower head, along with a good photo of leaf & stem, would really be needed to be certain.

Regards
Mike.

green orchid · #3 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 03:17 PM

Thanks, the leaf and stem were kind of silvery green in colour and the leaves were fairly small with jagged edges. A bit more of it shown below:

wildherbalian85 · #4 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 03:18 PM

opium poppy it is

green orchid · #5 (**permalink**) 26-05-2009, 03:33 PM

Found a stem picture too! I don't suppose anyone knows what the bug is whilst we are at it?
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