Field poppy Papaver rhoeas

Features

Annual plant.

Species	Annual and biennial plant
Living space	Cultivated areas, Field
Size	up to 1 m

Description

The plant contains royal jelly. The bristle stem is erect, simple or overgrown, up to 1 m high. Lower leaves stalked, pinnately divided, with narrow, striate prongs, upper leaves sessile. Flowers red, large, on a long, bristly-haired stalk. Locked in a green, two-leafed cup before flowering, they fall off quickly later. The anthers are not thickened, the head bare. Frequent weeds in the fields and along paths from the lowlands to the Montana belt. Medicinal plant.