Poppy ID Required!

05-25-05, 15:01

Could these be opium poppies? I was driving down a country road in Oregon and found a bunch of these growing wild at roadside. Please see pics … er sorry about the mutant finger. My hand was shown for size comparison.

Cheers!

Soliver1 · 05-25-05, 15:54

Hard to tell from the pics, but the color is right...

Best test is the stem IME - if the stem is hairy, you have an Oriental
poppy (useless and sadly more common), but if it's more or less smooth,
you're on the road to high times

Nice find either way - poppies are beautiful.

sol

I_am_me · 05-25-05, 20:20

Lovely pictures although I can't help ya on the ID.

I saw some pictures of the poppy patches in Afghanistan and they were as beautiful as the tulip fields in Amsterdam it seems.

05-25-05, 21:02

Damn ... I believe the stems were fuzzy, which looked prickly, which was the main reason I didn't bring home a sample. I thought I would return with some shears. Oh well, they are beautiful indeed!

Soliver1 · 05-26-05, 11:54

Such is Mango . . . you're better off just looking at them anyway

sol

Davet · 05-26-05, 12:30

Shirley Poppies those are. No good for nefarious deeds. Papaver rhoeas a anual, not the Perennial like the Oriental.

Peace,

DaveT

~Hippie3 · 05-31-05, 04:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davet

Shirley Poppies those are. No good for nefarious deeds. Papaver rhoeas a anual, not the Perennial like the Oriental.

Peace,

DaveT

good eye there,
i agree,
stems do look a bit 'hairy' in that pic above.

booger · 06-04-05, 17:44

hey i like the mutant finger..
cool poppies too.

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I_am_me Masked Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,560	Lovely pictures although I can't help ya on the ID. I saw some pictures of the poppy patches in Afghanistan and they were as beautiful as the tulip fields in Amsterdam it seems. __________________ Kindness is a cure.

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05-25-05, 15:54	#2 (permalink)
Soliver1 Deranged Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 637	Hard to tell from the pics, but the color is right... Best test is the stem IME - if the stem is hairy, you have an Oriental poppy (useless and sadly more common), but if it's more or less smooth, you're on the road to high times Nice find either way - poppies are beautiful. sol

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~dgshroom Guest Posts: n/a	Damn ... I believe the stems were fuzzy, which looked prickly, which was the main reason I didn't bring home a sample. I thought I would return with some shears. Oh well, they are beautiful indeed!

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Soliver1 Deranged Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 637	Such is Mango . . . you're better off just looking at them anyway sol

05-26-05, 12:30	#6 (permalink)
Davet Mycophiliac Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 74	Shirley Poppies those are. No good for nefarious deeds. Papaver rhoeas a anual, not the Perennial like the Oriental. Peace, DaveT

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booger Mycophiliac Join Date: Jul 1972 Posts: 86	hey i like the mutant finger.. cool poppies too.