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Corn poppy

Papaver rhoeas

Importance

Common everywhere especially in cereal and oilseed rape crops.

1. Cotyledons are small, narrow, entire and light green in colour.

2. Later leaves are lance-shaped, deeply divided into lobes and hairy. First true leaves and often mitten-shaped.

3. An upright annual with bristly stems and large scarlet flowers with black centres.

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