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Common Poppy

Top view of a red Common Poppy flower.

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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 Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Jun 14, 2011. Captured Jun 2, 2011 22:15.
  • Canon EOS 550D
  • f/6.4
  • 1/395s
  • ISO100
  • 200mm