Remembrance poppy a pin in the lapel or buttonhole. In Scotland, the poppies are curled and have four petals with no leaf. The yearly selling of poppies is a major source of income for the RBL in the UK. The poppy has no fixed price; it is sold for a donation or the price may be suggested by the seller. The black plastic centre of the poppy was marked "Haig Fund" until 1994 but is now marked "Poppy Appeal". A team of about 50 people—most of them disabled former British military personnel—work all year round to make millions of poppies at the
Poppy early summer. Most species secrete latex when injured. Bees use poppies as a pollen source. The pollen of the oriental poppy, "Papaver orientale", is dark blue, that of the field or corn poppy ("Papaver rhoeas") is grey to dark green. The opium poppy, "Papaver somniferum", grows wild in eastern and southern Asia, and South Eastern Europe. It is believed that it originated in the Mediterranean region. Poppies belong to the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae, which includes the following genera: The flowers of most poppy species are attractive and are widely cultivated as annual or perennial ornamental plants. This