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Young Black Haired Girl Outside On The Field With Red Poppies
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Poppy flowers 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.
The pollen of the oriental poppy, Papaver orientale, is dark blue. The pollen of the field poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is dark blue to grey. Bees use poppies as a pollen source.
Poppies belong to genera of Papaveraceae, which includes:
• Papaver – corn poppy, Opium poppy, Oriental poppy, Iceland poppy, and about 120 other species
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