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The dwarf bear-poppy has faced several major threats in the past. When the dwarf bear-poppy was listed, Utah had no laws protecting endangered plants. Since the dwarf bear-poppy is located in Utah it could not be protected. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) then became responsible for the protection of the dwarf bear-poppy. The BLM created ...
Papaver rhoeas, with common names including common poppy, [3] corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, [4] Flanders poppy, red poppy, and Odai, is an annual herbaceous species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is native to north Africa and temperate Eurasia and is introduced into temperate areas on all other continents except ...
Stylophorum diphyllum, commonly called the celandine poppy [1] or wood poppy, [2] is an herbaceous plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in the eastern United States and Ontario. [3] Its typical natural habitat is moist forests over calcareous rock, particularly in ravines. [4] [5]
Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It was created by French botanist Viguier in 1814 for the species known by the common name Welsh poppy, which Carl Linnaeus had described as Papaver cambricum. [2] The genus name means "poppy-like" (from Greek mekon poppy, opsis alike).
Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy [2] or breadseed poppy, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant grown in gardens.
A poppy flower is depicted on the reverse of the Macedonian 500-denar banknote, issued in 1996 and 2003. [14] The poppy is also part of the coat of arms of North Macedonia. Canada has issued special quarters (25-cent coins) with a red poppy on the reverse in 2004, 2008, 2010, and 2015.
Meconopsis grandis, the Himalayan blue poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to China , Bhutan, North East India and Nepal. [1] Growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and broad, this hardy herbaceous perennial has a basal rosette of toothed leaves. Large, showy, pure blue flowers with a prominent yellow central ...
Oreomecon nudicaulis, synonym Papaver nudicaule, the Iceland poppy, [2] is a boreal flowering plant. Native to subpolar regions of Asia and North America, and the mountains of Central Asia as well as temperate China [ 3 ] (but not in Iceland ), Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials , often grown as biennials .