Taxon: Papaver somniferum L.
Genus: Papaver section: Papaver
Family: Papaveraceae subfamily: Papaveroideae tribe: Papavereae.
Nomen number: 406377
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:508. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 30-Aug-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Dec-2001
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
NO ACCESSIONS IN
NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A STATE NOXIOUS WEED
- 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:
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WV*.
| ªAquatic.
| *Terrestrial.
| °In seed.
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- Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:
- oilseed poppy (Source: Aust Pl Common Names
) – English
- opium poppy (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2
) – English
- opium poppy (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English [Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum]
- small opium poppy (Source: Aust Pl Common Names
) – English
- small-flower opium poppy (Source: Econ Pl Aust
) – English [Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum]
- wild poppy (Source: Aust Pl Common Names
) – English
- ābu el-num (Source: F Saudi ed3
) – Arabic
- khishkhash (Source: F Saudi ed3
) – Arabic
- ying su (Source: F ChinaEng
) – Transcribed Chinese
- 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]
- Schlafmohn (Source: Zander ed16
) – German
- papavero da oppio (Source: Mult Glossary Crops
) – Italian
- keshi (Source: F JapanOhwi
) – Japanese Rōmaji
- yanggwibi (Source: F Korea
) – Transcribed Korean
- 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]
- opievallmo (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
- More:
- More:
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:
Cultivated:
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
- Erhardt, W. et al.
2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984–. Med-Checklist.
- Grey-Wilson, C.
1993. Poppies: The poppy family in the wild and in cultivation.
169.
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
- Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds.
2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
- Jalas, J. & J. Suominen.
1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
- Jonsell, B., ed.
2000. Flora nordica.
[introduced].
- 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.
- Kadereit, J. W.
2011. Review of Papaveraceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2.
pers. comm.
- Lee, Y. N.
1997. Flora of Korea.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Migahid, A. M.
1988–1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
- Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants.
Kulturpflanze
34:113.
- Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
- Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Randall, R. P.
2002. A global compendium of weeds.
- Silva, L. et al.
2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
- Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Papaver somniferum L.:
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.
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