It’s no secret that some poppy varieties including Papaver somniferum (widely known ... When is the best time to plant poppy ...

Poppy seeds come from the Papaver somniferum plant, which is also used to make drugs like opium and morphine. In fact, many drug tests are so sensitive to opiates that the U.S. Department of ...

The plant, papaver somniferum, is a native of Turkey Opiates ... and heroin are all derived from the milky latex found in its unripe seed capsule It is also grown for its non-narcotic seeds ...