PAPAVERACEAE (POPPY FAMILY) 
When bruised, the weed exudes an orange-colored juice 
wi disagreeable odor, bitter and acrid, once considered a sure 
cure for warts, corns, pimples, boils, and “tetters” of every kind, 
even to the painful felon. It still has good standing in the United 
States Pharmacopeia, and the drug market pays collectors six to 
eight cents a pound for the herb, pulled 
entire when in full flower and carefully 
dried. 
Stems one to two feet high, weak, brittle, 
sparsely hairy, and swollen at the joints. 
Leaves large, thin, gray-green, once or twice 
pinnatifid, the segments deeply cut and 
scallop-toothed; petioles dilated at base 
and clasping the stem. Flowers in axillary 
umbellate clusters, the peduncles about as 
long as the leaves, the pedicels of unequal 
length; stamens many; style extremely 
short with two-lobed stigma; sepals two; 
petals four, bright yellow, arranged cross- 
wise, each blossom about a half-inch broad. 
Pods smooth, one to two inches long, two- 
valved, opening at the base; seeds smooth, 
shining, dark brown, bearing on the side 
Bree ore ie seta a white crest like a cock’s comb. (Fig. 
jus). xX} 116.) 
Means of control 
Destroy first-year leaf-tufts by hoe-cutting; prevent seed pro- 
duction in the second year by cutting the flowering stalks while in 
early bloom. 
FIELD POPPY 
Papdaver Rheéas, L. 
Other English names: Corn Poppy, Redweed, eer Rose. 
Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to August. 
Seed-time: July to September. 
Range: Semi-arid lands of the Southwest, where seed-wheat from 
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