LONG-HEADED POPPY

Papaver Dubium

Poppy Family [Papaveraceae]  

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6th July 2005, Tyldesley Loop Lines, Walkden, Greater Manchester. Photo: © RWD


10th July 2008, Partington Refineries, Greater Manchester. Photo: © RWD


10th July 2008, Partington Refineries, Greater Manchester. Photo: © RWD
The stem hairs are appressed (flattened against the stem)


6th July 2005, Tyldesley Loop Lines, Walkden, Greater Manchester. Photo: © RWD
The leaves are oblong and divided.


10th July 2008, Partington Refineries, Greater Manchester. Photo: © RWD
The leaves are oblong and divided.


Hybridises with : Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) to produce Papaver × hungaricum.

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Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature :

ROEMARINE

Roemarine, previously called Aporeine because it belongs to the Aporphine group of alkaloids, is a toxic isoquinoline alkaloid found within the petals of Long Headed Poppy and which is structurally similar to Bulbocapnine found in Yellow Corydalis and to Glaucine found in Greater Celandine, which is also a member of the Poppy Family. Roemarine resembles Thebaine in its action and is a pharmaceutical used in cases of pneumonia.

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Papaver

LONG-HEADED POPPY

Papaver Dubium

Poppy Family [Papaveraceae]