Sunlit Poppy
by Stephen Melia
Title
Sunlit Poppy
Artist
Stephen Melia
Medium
Photograph - Print
Description
Single lone red poppy in evening sunshine and backlit beautifully A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug.
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May 5th, 2020
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