the ripening seed head of the Opium poppy is full of hundreds of tiny black seeds ready to be scattered by the wind and other movement,

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the ripening seed head of the Opium poppy is full of hundreds of tiny black seeds ready to be scattered by the wind and other movement, such as livestock.

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Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk
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