Three poppies

Opium poppy cultivar Papaver somniferum

This morning we went for a quick walk round Orton Pit, to sort out a route for a walk we're leading tomorrow. The tops soil store close to the haul road has a good set of ruderal species at the moment including several plants of Polypogon monspeliensis, several fine opium poppies Papaver somniferum and a mixed stand of common and long-headed poppies Papaver rhoeas and P.dubium.

Later at The Boardwalks I came across more common poppies, including this rather unusual variety with net veining all over the flower.