
"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
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Uploaded May 23, 2012. Captured May 23, 2012 06:41 in Wiesbadener Straße 2, 65719 Hofheim am Taunus, Germany.
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