Taxon: Papaver somniferum L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

WV*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum (no accessions)
• Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum (no accessions)

Common names:

• opium poppy   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• opium poppy   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  
• small-flower opium poppy   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English   [Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum]
  
• oeillette   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  
• pavot somnifère   (Source: L Noms French ed6 ) – French   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  
• Schlafmohn   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  
• dormideira   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  
• papoula   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  
• adormidera   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  
• amapola real   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

      Native:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Greece - Crete [possibly]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [s. & Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
• sometimes naturalized

      Cultivated:

• widely cultivated

References:

• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Grey-Wilson, C. 1993. Poppies: The poppy family in the wild and in cultivation. (Poppies) 169.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
• Kadereit, J. W. 1986. Papaver somniferum L. (Papaveraceae): a triploid hybrid?. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 106:221–244.
• Kadereit, J. W. 1986. A revision of Papaver L. sect. Papaver (Papaveraceae). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 108:3–6.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). (L Azores)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Papaver somniferum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Papaver somniferum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Papaver setigerum DC. [≡ Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Papaver somniferum var. album DC. [= Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
  

Check other databases for Papaver somniferum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406377 (09 February 2010)

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