Beautiful Poppy Field, The Poppy is an angiosperm or flower…

The Poppy is an angiosperm or flowering plant of the family Papaveraceae. Ornamental poppies are grown for their colourful flowers; some varieties of poppy are used as food, whilst other varieties produce the powerful medicinal alkaloid opium which has been used since ancient times to create analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drugs. Following the trench warfare of the 1st World War which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders, red poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime. Poppy flowers have 4 to 6 petals, many stamens forming a conspicuous whorl in the centre of the flower and an ovary consisting of from 2 to many fused carpels. Poppies can grow to be over 4 feet tall, and 6 inches across. The petals are showy, may be of almost any colour and some have markings. The petals are crumpled in the bud and as blooming finishes; the petals often lie flat before falling away. The poppy will become dormant after blooming. Poppies are in full bloom late spring to early summer. Photographed on the South Downs just outside Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

In Flanders Field Royal British Legion

Poppy Field

Poppy Field

In Flanders Field Royal British Legion

Poppy Field

Poppy Field

Poppy Fields Of Colour Wildflowers, Seeds, Kings Seeds

Poppy Fields Of Colour Wildflowers, Seeds, Kings Seeds

In Flanders Field Royal British Legion

In Flanders Field Royal British Legion

Poppy Field

Poppy Field

Poppy Field