Opium poppy Papaver somniferum flowers and seed heads in a field This poppy is the source of opium a narcotic resin that contains the alkaloids morphine and codeine These are used by the pharmaceutical industry as painkillers analgesics Opium can be refined to yield the illegal drug heroin Photographed near Blandford Dorset UK
Work by Adrian Bicker
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