There are several different types of poppies, and they have different uses. Some varieties are grown for their seeds, while others are grown just to look pretty in a garden. All of them come from various species of the same genus called Papaver somniferum. The most common type is blue poppies or Helianthus annus and can be found in many colors. Some of the other types include red and white poppies with yellow centers, pink-streaked yellow (pale) poppies, purple-streaked yellow (reichornג€™s) or red poppies with greenish or brownish streaks. Now letג€™s take a closer look at each one of these!
What Is the Most Popular Poppy?
The most popular poppy is the blue poppies or Helianthus annus. These flowers are not only beautiful but have some medicinal value too! They can be made into tea and are said to help with insomnia, depression, and menstrual problems.
The red and white poppies with yellow centers can be found in many colors like orange, pink, purple, yellow-green, and green. These flowers are more commonly grown for their beautiful petals than their seeds.
Pink-streaked yellow (pale) poppies grow from a special variety of the plant that has been selectively bred to be larger than its wild counterpart which is why they tend to have a red streak around their seed pods.
Purple-streaked yellow (reichornג€™s) or red poppies with greenish or brownish streaks grow from a similar color variation where the central part is purple instead of pale.
What Is the 5 Petal Poppy?
The 5 petal poppy is not actually a type of poppy, but a misnomer. This flower has the same name as the five-pointed Canadian poppy due to its five-petaled shape and color scheme. What makes it unique is that the flower is often found in pastures, prairies and open fields rather than in gardens or other plantings. There are a variety of colors for this flower including white, cream, yellow, lavender and blue.
What Is the Rarest Poppy?
The rarest poppy is the Himalayan white poppy, which is found in the wild in China and Nepal. Itג€™s so rare itג€™s only been found a total of three times.
There are two types of Himalayan white poppies. One has a green stem with small blossoms and the other has purple-tipped leaves. They vary in size depending on what part of their habitat they grow in. Not many people have seen these flowers bloom, but those who have say that they smell really sweet!
This type of poppy is believed to be able to help alleviate pain, insomnia, and coughing as well as cure stomach disorders and fever. The flavorless flower also helps regulate blood sugar level levels, which could prevent diabetes or metabolic syndrome from developing.
Is a Purple Poppy Real?
While some flowers are blue, others may appear to be purple. Is a purple poppy real? The short answer is yes. While flowers may appear to be one color and then turn another color, the colors are in fact different shades of the same color. The scientific word for this is chromatography, which is when a substance changes its color based on how it interacts with light. Sometimes when you mix two different pigments together and expose them to light, you end up with a third pigment that doesn’t exist naturally on Earth. This phenomenon happens in natural dyeing processes when an artist attempts to create new colors from combinations of preexisting ones.
In any case, poppies donג€™t have actual purple pigments like many other flowers do; instead they have anthocyanin pigments that make the flower appear more colorful and vibrant than it would naturally be without them. Anthocyanins are also known as betalains because of the way they change their hue depending on pH levels and temperature (think beetroot).
This means that while a pure purple flower doesnג€™t exist because itג€™s impossible for nature to make something completely one thing or another, purple poppies will always be purple if you expose them long enough to light or heat them up!
