Poppies
We have five different poppies on La Palma.
![](http://lapalmaisland.sheilacrosby.com/uploaded_images/plants/poppy_bee_small.jpg)
Papaver rhoeas The red poppy.
The Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, or Red Poppy is easily the commonest. This is the poppy that mostly grows wild in fields.
![](http://lapalmaisland.sheilacrosby.com/uploaded_images/plants/poppiesCal.jpg)
Eschscholzia Californica , the California Poppy.
The next commonest comes from California, which has a similar climate.
![](http://lapalmaisland.sheilacrosby.com/uploaded_images/plants/white_pink_poppy_small.jpg)
Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy.
And then there's the opium poppies, which are presumably garden escapes.
![](http://lapalmaisland.sheilacrosby.com/uploaded_images/plants/poppyThorn.jpg)
Argemone mexicana Mexican prickly poppy.
And finally the prickly yellow poppies, which are an invasive species that come from Mexico. These aren't nearly as easy to find.
Labels: argemone, Canaries, Canary Island flora, Canary islands, Eschscholzia Californica, La Palma, Papaver rhoeas, Papaver somniferum, Plants, poppies, poppy
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