common poppy

Papaver rhoeas

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Papaver rhoeas (common names include common poppy, corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy or red poppy) is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae. This poppy is notable as an agricultural weed (hence the common names including "corn" and "field") and after World War I as a symbol of dead soldiers.

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  1. (c) José María Escolano, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42786943@N07/4311048894
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_rhoeas

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