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A wild poppy (Papaver argemone): flowering stems and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

A Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), a poppy (Papaver species) and borage (Borago officinalis): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Seven plants, including an orchid, a paeony and a toadflax: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Something old : poppie (papaver somniferum) : something new in the treatment of cough Extil compound linctus.

Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum): flowering and fruiting stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.

Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching, c. 1718, after C. Aubriet.

Anatomy, nursing and botany; top, arteries of the breast; bottom left, poppy; bottom right, man with bandaged head and arm. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Il fiore degli inferi : papavero da oppio e mondo antico / Paolo Nencini ; intoduzione di Giorgio Bignami.

A poppy capsule (Papaver species), and two flowering stems. Watercolour.

Opium poppy cultivation / by "O".

A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

Mohn als Genußmittel und Droge im Pustertal / Georg Kierdorf-Traut.

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Papaver

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Images referencing Papaver

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Il fiore degli inferi : papavero da oppio e mondo antico / Paolo Nencini ; intoduzione di Giorgio Bignami.

A poppy capsule (Papaver species), and two flowering stems. Watercolour.

Opium poppy cultivation / by "O".

A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

Mohn als Genußmittel und Droge im Pustertal / Georg Kierdorf-Traut.

Papaver

Images from the collections

Images referencing Papaver

Works from the collections

Il fiore degli inferi : papavero da oppio e mondo antico / Paolo Nencini ; intoduzione di Giorgio Bignami.

A poppy capsule (Papaver species), and two flowering stems. Watercolour.

Opium poppy cultivation / by "O".

A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

Mohn als Genußmittel und Droge im Pustertal / Georg Kierdorf-Traut.

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