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Bracteate Oriental Poppy (Papaver bracteatum)

Papaver bracteatum, a Caucasus poppy, bears red-orange flowers with black spots and distinct bracts. It yields thebaine, a valuable alkaloid for opioid synthesis, not.

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Synonyms
Calomecon bracteatum (Lindl.) Spach
Papaver lasiothrix Fedde
Papaver pollakii A.Kern.
Papaver pulcherrimum Fisch. ex Steud.
Taxonomy
  • kingdomPlantae
  • divisionTracheophyta
  • classMagnoliopsida
  • orderRanunculales
  • familyPapaveraceae
  • genusPapaver
  • speciesPapaver bracteatum