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Papaver setigerum (opium poppy)

Synonyms: Papaver setigerum var. valdesetosum; Papaver somniferum setigerum (homotypic); Papaver somniferum var. atroviolaceum; Papaver somniferum var. coccineum; Papaver somniferum var. setigerum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Papaver setigerum, common name poppy of Troy or dwarf breadseed poppy, is a herbaceous annual plant belonging to the Papaveraceae family. This plant is closely related to and sometimes treated as a sub-species of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). In fact it produces a very small amount of morphine alkaloids. However, P. somniferum is diploid (n=11) and P. setigerum is tetraploid (n=22) with twice the number of chromosomes. So it cannot be considered the wild ancestral species of the opium poppy.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Ultraviolet
Flower Color [2]  Red
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [3]  This plant contains a number of very toxic compounds, many of which are extracted and used as pain killers etc in medicine. They are also used to make various highly addictive narcotic drugs; However, in the cooler climate of Britain these compounds are not formed in sufficient quantity to make their extraction worthwhile. There are no toxins in the seeds;
Lifespan [3]  Annual
Pollinators [3]  Bees, Bats
Structure [5]  Herb
Usage [3]  The seed yields 44 - 50% of an edible drying oil; Very good for lighting, it burns for longer than most oils; The oil is also used in paints, soap making etc;
Height [3]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [3]  8 inches (0.2 m)
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Rich
Soil Moisture [4]  Mostly Dry
View Plants For A Future Record : Papaver setigerum

Protected Areas

Predators

Chromatomyia horticola[6]
Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Essex Y)[7]
Dasineura papaveris[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0