Hybridises with : Long-Headed Poppy (Papaver dubium) to produce Papaver × hungaricum.

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It is a commonly grown in English Cottage Gardens.

This is the Poppy that sprang up in continental Europe after bombing in the war and which the Poppy that the Royal British Legion attempt to replicate in their Remembrance Day Poppies.

The red colour of the petals is due to an anthocyanin called Mekocyanin with two glucose units attached.

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A ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID Rhoeadine, which obtains its name from the latin name for this poppy, is one of the alkaloids contained within the Common Poppy. If Common Poppy is ingested it presents the sufferer with same symptoms as those manifested by opium poisoning. It is an isoquinoline alkaloid similar to Berberine and Protopine. When Rhoeadine is decomposed by HCl it yields a red coloured substance that has intense calorific value.

A BISBENZYLISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID Protopine, which is also known as Fumarine since it is found in Common Ramping Fumitory (which is also in the Papaveraceae Family). is another bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid and acts as a smooth muscle relaxant and sedative. It is found within Common Poppy.