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Symbolism The poppy of wartime remembrance is the red corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. This poppy is a common weed in Europe and is found in many locations, including Flanders Field. In many Commonwealth countries. Artificial, paper versions of this poppy are worn to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians, in World War I and other wars, during the weeks preceding Remembrance Day on November 11. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones to symbolize eternal sleep. The golden poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is the state flower of California. False positive drug tests Eating food (e.g. muffins) that contains poppy seeds can result in a false positive for opiates in a drug test. Although the drug opium is produced from the unripe fruits ("seed pods") rather than the seeds, all parts of the plant can contain the opium alkaloids. This was by the presenters of the television programme MythBusters. One participant, Adam Savage, who ate an entire loaf of poppy seed cake tested positive for opiates just half an hour later. A second participant, Jamie Hyneman, who ate three poppy seed bagels, first tested positive two hours after eating. Both tested positive for the remainder of the day, but were clean 18 hours later in the morning. In an episode of Seinfeld, the character Elaine tested positive for opioids in a round of tests mandated by her workplace. She eventually found out that this was coming from her poppy-seed bagel habit. The sale of poppy seeds is banned in Singapore due to the alleged morphine content. Gallery Image:Poppybud.jpg|A poppy bud and plant Image:Poppiesbeans.jpg|Poppies growing amongst organically grown broad beans on a UK allotment Image:Poppy-closeup.jpg|Papaver rhoeas Image:Poppy-purple.png|Close up view of a poppy bloom (and buds in the background). Papaver Somniferum. See Opium Poppy. Image:Oldpoppies.jpg|Field of poppies, from a photograph by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, taken ca. 1912. Image:Newpoppies.jpg|Another field of poppies, taken in Erlangen/Germany in 2005. Image:Poppy-closeup2.jpg|Closeup of a poppy flower at the Monastery of Lorch (Baden-Württemberg), Germany. Image:Crowning_P_Somniferum_topview.jpg|Immature crowning Opium Poppy, top view Image:California Poppies3.jpg|California Poppy Image:HPIM4092.JPG|A wild field of poppies, above the Wye Valley/UK in June 2006. Image:Poppy_seeds.jpg|Poppy seeds. See also | ||||||||||
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