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By Gareth1

Cardiff, Wales

Is the papaver nudicaule poppy an opiate poppy




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No, its common name is the Icelandic poppy and is, by the way, poisonous.

24 May, 2011

 

And the Opium poppy does not develop its narcotic properties in Britain. It is not hot enough for that to happen.

24 May, 2011

 

Good point Owdb. Though when he was a wee lad I did demonstrate to our son how they collect the 'milk' (no idea what the proper term is!) from the seed pod of one of our oriental poppies... I also explained in the UK there was no narcotic present. Can't imagine now why I was showing him this but I spent a lot of time explaining the natural world to him.

24 May, 2011

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