Corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Crete isl.
Photo taken by:
Avramakis, M.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Corn poppy

Plants

Photo of Corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, in its natural environment in Crete, Greece. This impressive cosmopolitan plant is one of the most common wildflowers of Greece. It grows in cultivated (mostly wheat fields) and abandoned fields, up to 600 m. It has dark green leaves and scarlet flowers.