Seed Availability

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Description

Plants usually grow to 2-3ft. Some strains have high alkaloid content and can be processed into various drugs, many other strains, including most ornamental horticulture strains contain only trace amounts of alkaloids. This species also yields the poppy seed that is used in baking.

Hardiness

The Breadseed Poppy is a hardy annual, surviving cool and frosty temperatures, but also growing well in warm humid areas. Plants are sensitive to freezes and blooming flowers sensitive to frost.

Growing Environment

Grow as an annual, although plants will overwinter in warmer areas and bloom during the following spring and summer. Grow in full sun.

Propagation

By seeds.

Uses

Grown as an ornamental.

Native Range

Native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia.

Related Species

Papaveraceae
	California Poppy Eschscholzia californica		Horned Poppy Glaucium flavum
	Papaver setigerum Dwarf Breadseed Poppy		Breadseed Poppy Papaver somniferum
	Papaver somniferum paeonifolium Flemish Antique Poppy		Papaver sp. Florist Pod Poppy
	Wind Poppy Stylomecon heterophylla