FFF136 - ICELAND POPPY

The Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule, syn. Papaver croceum, P. miyabeanum, P. amurense, and P. macounii) is a boreal flowering plant. Native to subpolar regions of Europe, Asia and North America, and the mountains of Central Asia (but not in Iceland), Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials, often grown as biennials, that yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers supported by hairy, one foot, curved stems among feathery blue-green foliage.

They were first described by botanists in 1759. The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 3a-10b. All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous, containing (like all poppies) toxic alkaloids. In particular, P. nudicaule has been shown to contain the benzophenanthidine alkaloid, chelidonine.

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1.	Sheoak flowers	11.	my peonies in a Mason jar	21.	Sara Chapman #5	31.	WoollyMuses
2.	Cymbidium orchids	12.	Ela	22.	rheingruen	32.	Dawn
3.	Conebush flowers	13.	Scene by Miinerva	23.	Frauke * Germany	33.	Eva
4.	The Rosegarden in Malevik	14.	Jocee NZ	24.	Zauberpalme	34.	Ileana, Romania
5.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	15.	Reach Beyond Limits	25.	Mina fotostunder	35.	Jesh SrG
6.	Maboe	16.	Blue Beauty	26.	Vilt og vakkert	36.	Mary, MI
7.	Mascha	17.	Sara Chapman in Seattle USA	27.	Ranu	37.	LorB
8.	Gunilla	18.	Sara Chapman #2	28.	Tina	38.	ann nz
9.	Ulla Laiho	19.	Sara Chapman #3	29.	Synnöve	39.	ann 2
10.	Aletta - Nowathome	20.	Sara Chapman #4	30.	bettyl - New Zealand	40.	BirgittaB

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