Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). I sowed these myself. They are the original wild poppy with hundreds of different common names from the seem of it! They usually have between 8 and 12 stigma rays - here showing 15 but it's definitely Commom Poppy because of the foliage.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (13/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). I sowed these myself. They are the original wild poppy with hundreds of different common names from the seem of it! They usually have between 8 and 12 stigma rays - here showing 15 but it's definitely Commom Poppy because of the foliage.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (13/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). One with fewer stigma rays.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (13/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (23/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (11/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). What the stigma rays look like when ready to be fertilised and catch pollen - they are quite furry.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (10/07/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). What the stigma rays look like when ready to be fertilised and catch pollen - they are quite furry.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Developing flower bud which will droop when it's getting closer to flowering.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (10/07/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Developing flower bud which will droop when it's getting closer to flowering.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (06/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). This one getting closer to flowering.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Common Poppy is a very bristly-hairy plant, as you can see!

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (13/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Common Poppy is a very bristly-hairy plant, as you can see!

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Common Poppy has leaves with pointed lobes.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (10/07/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Common Poppy has leaves with pointed lobes.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Sometimes they have black blodges on them, sometimes they don't! This one has 9 stigma rays. It looks on the face of it a bit like an Oriental Poppy, but those have dark purple stigma rays and also very dark purple anthers plus is a densely hairy plant.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Sometimes they have black blodges on them, sometimes they don't! This one has 9 stigma rays. It looks on the face of it a bit like an Oriental Poppy, but those have dark purple stigma rays and also very dark purple anthers plus is a densely hairy plant.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). It's a glossy-petalled flower.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The stem of the seed head is sparsely hairy - classic for Common Poppy. rather spiny hairy.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The stem of the seed head is sparsely hairy - classic for Common Poppy. rather spiny hairy.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Top is a Common (Wild) Poppy leaf, and the one below is of a Shirley Poppy.

Top is Common Poppy, bottom is Shirley Poppy. Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Top is a Common (Wild) Poppy leaf, and the one below is of a Shirley Poppy.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The whole plant is quite bristly-hairy and the hairs are often pinkish towards the ends.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The whole plant is quite bristly-hairy and the hairs are often pinkish towards the ends.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Classic Common Poppy lower leaf.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Now the petals have dropped off leaving the developing seed-head, still with the furry stigma rays on top. The furry bits will drop off as the seed-head ages. Also showing the narrow part that is just below the seed-head, another characteristic of this species.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Now the petals have dropped off leaving the developing seed-head, still with the furry stigma rays on top. The furry bits will drop off as the seed-head ages. Also showing the narrow part that is just below the seed-head, another characteristic of this species.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The furry stigma atop the developing seed-head.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The furry stigma atop the developing seed-head.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Really sparkly under certain flash exposures.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2025) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Really sparkly under certain flash exposures.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). An older seed-head - the purple stigma hairs have all fallen off.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). An older seed-head - the purple stigma hairs have all fallen off.

Common / Red / Corn / Field / Flanders Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) (29/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Seed pods.