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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies
  6. Poppy Family
  7. Poppies
  8. Rhoeadium
  9. Common Poppy

species 71,390 observations

Common Poppy

Papaver rhoeas

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

30 native animals
supported in the US
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Variable Duskyface Fly, Red Mason Bee, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Patchwork Leafcutter Bee 20
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Sycophila 1

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Well drained
Soil
Sand Loam
Soil pH
Acid Neutral Alkaline
Habit
Clumping Erect Mounding Spreading
Plant type
Annual

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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