The Attractive Color of Poppy Flowers, A Symbol of Both Sleep and Death

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTEIuw6EEb2qOIT14TOiJ0T-aWVTyz4u4qlt8-V8Qhqh0kfR0bEa9Xk-HQHMyOhZnmuVGAdcFrKpGTc6wftOhV4vaibSaVqREkjOpkQLDUSSaBd_D8Y69_j2dJV0O6NFVeebCWKDZzXc/s1600/poppy-flowers-vivid-red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTEIuw6EEb2qOIT14TOiJ0T-aWVTyz4u4qlt8-V8Qhqh0kfR0bEa9Xk-HQHMyOhZnmuVGAdcFrKpGTc6wftOhV4vaibSaVqREkjOpkQLDUSSaBd_D8Y69_j2dJV0O6NFVeebCWKDZzXc/s320/poppy-flowers-vivid-red.jpg" width="213"></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">A <b>poppy</b> is one of a group of a flowering plants in the poppy family, many of which are grown in gardens for their colorful flowers.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br> </div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b>Poppy flowers</b> have 4 to 6 petals. Petals may be almost any color, and some have markings. Before blooming, the petals are crumpled in the bud, and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away. A whorl of stamens is in the center of the flower.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">The pollen of the <b>oriental poppy</b>, <i>Papaver orientale</i>, is dark blue. The pollen of the <b>field poppy</b> or <b>corn poppy</b> (<i>Papaver rhoeas</i>) is dark blue to grey. Bees use poppies as a pollen source.</div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br> </div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">All species of <b>poppies</b> are attractive and most are cultivated as ornamental plants. A few species have other uses, principally as sources of drugs and foods. The <b>opium poppy</b></div>

A poppy is one of a group of a flowering plants in the poppy family, many of which are grown in gardens for their colorful flowers. Poppy ...