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Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas Hoegaarden, Belgium. Belgium,Geotagged,Papaver rhoeas,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas

Hoegaarden, Belgium.

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"Papaver rhoeas" is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is notable as an agricultural weed. Especially in the Commonwealth, it is used a symbol of remembrance of the fallen soldiers and other military, during World War I and thereafter.

Similar species: Ranunculales
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded May 22, 2022. Captured Jun 19, 2011 17:15 in Gemeenteplein 22, 3320 Hoegaarden, Belgium.
  • Canon PowerShot S3 IS
  • f/3.5
  • 1/807s
  • 69.9mm