Papaveraceae Collection

Papaver somniferum, Opium poppy
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church in 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fumaria officinalis, fumitory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver sp. blue poppy
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver orientale, oriental poppy
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver somniferum, opium poppy
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Fumaria officinalis. Colored engraving

Wild Poppies - flowering in spring - on mountain slopes (Papaver pavonium (Papaveraceae)). Kopetdag mountains - south of Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Wild Poppies flowering (Papaver pavonium (Papaveraceae)). Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. spring - April

Papaveraceae - Poppy
Papaveraceae: the poppy tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889

Papaver orientale, Eastern poppy
Folio 22 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papver sonniferum, field poppy
Plate 49 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Glaucium leuteum, horned poppy
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver sp. yellow poppy
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Two species of beetle, with larvae on a Mexican or prickly poppy. Plate 24 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

Meconopsis napaulensis, blue poppy

Chelidonium glaucum, celandine
Illustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver nudicaule L, arctic poppy
Papaver nudicaule L. var. rubro-aurantiacum Fisch. Ex DC. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium, collected in Russia, 1948

Papaver rhoeas L, corn poppy. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Seed from Poland, plant collected in 1952

Papaver rhoeas L, common poppy. Collected on the 31 August 1983. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Papaver rhoeas, shirley poppy, double mixed. Cultivated at Threshelfords, Kelvedon, Essex. Collected on the 23 July 1981. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Papaver rhoeas, field poppy
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver orientale, oriental poppy
Watercolour by William King, c. 1750s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver alpinum, dwarf poppy
Folio 58 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaver bracteatum, Oriental poppy
Watercolour painting by John Lindley 1799-1865. Lindley was Professor of Botany at UCL (University College London) and the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) library is named after him

Papaver bracteatum, Oriental poppy (detail)
Watercolour painting by John Lindley 1799-1865. Lindley was Professor of Botany at UCL (University College London) and the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) library is named after him

Papaveraceae: poppies
Plate 2 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Haemodorum coccineum, scarlet bloodroot
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Eschscholzia Californica (Cherry Ripe Poppy)
Eschscholzia Californica (Cherry Ripe or California Poppy) of the Papaveraceae family. Seen here are five flowers in various stages of opening

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