Red Oriental Poppy, Papaver orientale, showing paper thin petals in the sunshine.

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Oriental poppies are closely related to the Great scarlet poppy Papaver bracteatum, which can be grown for the commercial extraction of thebaine, a main source for the legal synthesis of opiates. This species, however, does not produce any narcotic alkaloids such as morphine or codeine. Many garden Oriental poppies are actually hybrids between P. bracteatum and P. pseudo-orientale. (Wiki)

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Location: Warwickshire, England
Photo credit: © Matthew Barnes/Plants / Alamy / Afripics
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