Name of plant: Poppy
Where is this plant found:
- Poppies grow in many parts of the world.
- Poppies grow where there is a warm temperature (but not too cold!)
What does this plant look like?
- Poppies have a long stem and light green leaves.
- The poppy flower can be different colours - red, orange, yellow, pink or blue.
- Poppy flowers are in the shape of a cup.
- The poppy flower has 4 to 6 petals.
- Poppies close during the night and open again in the morning.
- The seed pods and leaves are sometimes hairy.
- Poppies do not have a strong smell.
Interesting facts about Poppies
- The poppy flower is a symbol for the people who died or suffered during war.
- On November 11 each year people are asked to wear a poppy flower as a sign of remembrance.
- Poppy seeds are used in cooking - especially in cakes and on top of bread.
- Poppies have been used for medicine for many years.
Images found on the Internet
Banner: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schermen_Poppy_Field_4.jpg
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1397319
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceland_Poppy_Papaver_nudicaule_'Champagne_Bubbles'_Red_Flower.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rammikins/4093918396/http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/48129085/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flower,_lceland_Poppy_-_Flickr_-_nekonomania.jpg
http://pixabay.com/en/poppy-red-open-flower-bloom-218218/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_Oriental_Poppy.jpg
http://pixabay.com/en/poppy-bud-orange-iceland-poppy-192126/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papaver_somniferum_'Opium_poppy'_(Papaveraceae)_seed_pod.JPG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fauxto_dkp/2461168152/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestrated1/438264738/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himalayan_Blue_Poppy_(Meconopsis_betonicifolia)_-_Jura_House_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1327483.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vsanderson/7140772067/
Banner: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schermen_Poppy_Field_4.jpg
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1397319
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceland_Poppy_Papaver_nudicaule_'Champagne_Bubbles'_Red_Flower.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rammikins/4093918396/http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/48129085/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flower,_lceland_Poppy_-_Flickr_-_nekonomania.jpg
http://pixabay.com/en/poppy-red-open-flower-bloom-218218/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_Oriental_Poppy.jpg
http://pixabay.com/en/poppy-bud-orange-iceland-poppy-192126/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papaver_somniferum_'Opium_poppy'_(Papaveraceae)_seed_pod.JPG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fauxto_dkp/2461168152/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestrated1/438264738/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himalayan_Blue_Poppy_(Meconopsis_betonicifolia)_-_Jura_House_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1327483.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vsanderson/7140772067/