Poppy Family:-

"Poppies are mostly weeds of cultivated ground with large, solitary, brightly-coloured flowers, whose 4 petals have a rather creased, silky appearance. They have 2 sepals which fall off soon after the buds open. Juice usually white. Leaves 1-2-pinnate." from The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe by R.Fitter, A.Fitter and M. Blamey (ISBN 0 00 219715 4 paperback 0 00 219765 0 hardback) reprinted .

Poppy Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Pipewort to Rockrose Wild Flower Families Gallery:-

Common Name

Botanical Name

Flowering Months

Habitat

Babington's Poppy

Papaver lecoqii

(Papaver dubium subsp. lecoqii)

June-August

This annual is found in arable fields and in other disturbed open ground such as on roadsides, railway tracks and waste land, in gardens and along hedges. It is most frequent on heavy calcareous soils, and can be found in both spring- and autumn-sown crops. The seed can be very long-lived. Lowland.

Bristly Poppy

(Syn. Rough Poppy, Long Rough-headed Poppy)

Papaver hybridum

June-August

This annual occurs in arable crops, and sometimes in other disturbed habitats. It is most frequent on chalky soils, but also grows on other limestones and on calcareous sands. The seed, which can be long-lived, germinates in both autumn and spring. 0-320 m (Buxton, Derbys.).

Flower in Kent in July

Foliage Section in July

Foliage July

Form July

Corn Poppy

(Syn. Common Poppy)

Papaver rhoeas

June onwards

An annual of arable fields and other disturbed and open habitats. It is most frequent on light, calcareous soils. It is sensitive to herbicide, but can be abundant in unsprayed strips in fields. Its seed can be very long-lived. It is also frequent in wild-flower seed mixtures and occurs as a garden escape. Lowland.

Flower in Strood (Kent) June

Flowers with Oil-Seed Rape in Field in August

Flower Petals August

Form

Greater Celandine

Chelidonium majus

May-September

This perennial herb is widely naturalised by roadsides and paths, in the crevices of old walls, on waste ground and in hedge-bottoms. It was at one time cultivated as a medicinal plant, and most localities are near habitation. Lowland.

Flower July

Flowers June

Foliage May

Form July

Long-Headed Poppy

(Long Smooth-headed Poppy)

Papaver dubium

June-August

An annual found principally in arable fields, where it can occur on both light and heavy calcareous soils. It is also found on waste ground by roadsides and railways, and in gardens. The seed is very long-lived. Lowland, but with one record at 425 m in Atholl (E. Perth).

Flower July

Flower with stem and Seed-Head with stem in Rochester (Kent) during July

Foliage from North Yorkshire

Form from North Yorkshire

Opium Poppy

Papaver somniferum

June-August

An annual occurring as a casual garden escape on roadsides, waste ground and rubbish tips, and occasionally in arable fields as a relic of cultivation for poppy seed. Lowland, with one record at 410 m (Eisteddfa Gurig, Cards.).

Flower in Rochester (Kent) in June

Flowers July

Foliage July

Form July

Pale Poppy (Syn. Prickly Poppy)

Papaver argemone

May-July

An annual of arable crops, usually found on field edges and in unsprayed corners, often in small numbers. It is most frequent on light sandy, gravelly and chalky soils. Rarely, it occurs on waste ground. Lowland. Poisonous.

Flower from Dungeness (Kent) on 22 June

Foliage Section from Dungeness (Kent) on 22 June

Foliage from Dungeness (Kent) on 22 June

Form from Dungeness (Kent) on 22 June

Welsh Poppy

Meconopsis cambrica

June-August

A long-lived perennial herb, native in damp, rocky woodlands and on shaded cliff ledges. It is also grown in gardens and has become naturalised on hedge banks, walls, roadsides and waste ground. Native plants range from the lowlands to 640 m (Cwm Idwal, Caerns.).

Flower

Flowers May

Foliage from Dartmoor on May

Form from Datmoor on 6 May

Yellow Horned Poppy

Glaucium flavum

June-September

A short-lived perennial herb of shingle banks and stony beaches; also, more rarely, amongst loose rock and on eroding cliffs of sand and clay, and on the bare tops of chalk cliffs. The few inland records are of casual occurrences. Lowland.

Flower from Seasalter (Kent) on 23 September

Flowers from Sandwich (Kent) on July

Foliage June

Form from Seasalter (Kent) on 23 September