Papaver arenarium is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the Caucasus and Caspian regions. It and Papaver bracteatum deviate from the usual morphine-producing pathway typically used by other members of Papaver, with, for example, P. arenarium producing N-demethylcodeine at the step that P. somniferum produces morphine.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Papaver arenarium being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Roemeria pavonina
- Roemeria refracta
- Papaver laevigatum
- Roemeria apula
- Papaver umbonatum
- Roemeria argemone
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Papaver
- Species
- Papaver arenarium
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