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Field Poppy

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 family Papaveraceae. It is native to north Africa and temperate Eurasia and is introduced into temperate areas on all other continents except Antarctica.

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Noni Franklin-Tong.

Same biological 'self-rejection' system that field poppies use to stay genetically diverse is rel...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Papaver rhoeas
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Papaver
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Ranunculales
Habit: shrub