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One of the annual Papavers. I'm pretty sure it's not Papaver dubium. I'd
say either Papaver commutatum or Papaver rhoeas, but there's other
species in this group.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

It's a poppy. I don't know which species. The photograph is from World War I.
The poppies were made famous by a poem, "In Flanders' Fields," which begins:
In Flanders' fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row.

It is about a military cemetery, something to do with honoring the war dead by
making the world a better place, otherwise:
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders' fields.

It is the equivalent of Israel's kalaniot (poppy anemones).
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

Stewart Robert Hinsley schreef
One of the annual Papavers. I'm pretty sure it's not Papaver dubium. I'd
say either Papaver commutatum or Papaver rhoeas, but there's other
species in this group.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

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The quality of the picture does not allow observation of fine detail.

A quick browse on the internet shows a very popular cultivar to be
Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird' with distinct black markings, eg
http://www.tonyhowell.co.uk/Papaverc...dybird2099.htm
Would be a fine satirical comment, assuming this is not an old cultivar.
PvR