From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Discovery Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in extreme eastern Contra Costa County, California in the United States about 60 miles (97 km) from San Francisco. As of 2010, its population was 13,352, a 48.7 percent gain from 8,981 at the 2000 census.
Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are derived.. somniferum Laciniatum Group (sometimes called Papaver laciniatum) is a subtype of opium poppy whose flowers are highly double and deeply lobed, to the point of looking like a ruffly pom-pom.
(Photo: AP). Papaver somniferum, one of the few species of poppy that produces opium, is an annual plant with a growth cycle of 120 days. Farmers plant seeds, which range in color from white to yellow to brown and gray, in shallow holes.apaver somniferum, one of the few species of poppy that produces opium, is an annual plant with a growth cycle of 120 days.