Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Easy to distinguish from other poppies given the grey/green foliage.

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (19/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Easy to distinguish from other poppies given the grey/green foliage.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Also the head of the stigma with its radiating lines is another way to tell poppies apart. Loads of anthers surrounding it.

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (19/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Also the head of the stigma with its radiating lines is another way to tell poppies apart. Loads of anthers surrounding it.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). They frequently have dark splotches around the reproductive organs.

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (19/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). They frequently have dark splotches around the reproductive organs.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). They always have grey-green (glaucous) foliage, unlike other poppies.

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (19/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). They always have grey-green (glaucous) foliage, unlike other poppies.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Showing another variety of colour - they can be white to mauve to red. But they always have this glaucous foliage.

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (13/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Showing another variety of colour - they can be white to mauve to red. But they always have this glaucous foliage.

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (13/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).

New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (mid-way). This is a mutation of Papaver somniferum - classic opium poppy grey-green foliage but a doiuble-flowered form.

Mutated Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (16/06/2021) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (mid-way). This is a mutation of Papaver somniferum - classic opium poppy grey-green foliage but a doiuble-flowered form.

Mutated Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (16/06/2021) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (mid-way).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Unopened buds and classic grey-green (glaucous) foliage which is quite succulent as well.

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (13/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Unopened buds and classic grey-green (glaucous) foliage which is quite succulent as well.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Seed heads (Common Poppy doesn't have deeply lobed stigma rays which you can see here that Opium Poppies do).

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (23/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Seed heads (Common Poppy doesn't have deeply lobed stigma rays which you can see here that Opium Poppies do).

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (23/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).