Tuesday, August 2, 2011

P is also for Poppies


...all the different types and another of my favorites.

Most, if not all, varieties are charactized by graceful and slender stems with delicate petals, some feathered like Papavar and some more ruffled like Eschscholzia (aka California Poppy and the state flower of the Golden State). In all, the common name Poppy is applied to eleven different varietals in the family Papaveraceae.


From Left: Papavar, Romneya coulteri, Eschscholzia californica, and Papavar varietals (sorry, didn't get the exact species for all of them).

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