Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

Family: Papaveraceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Red. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in cakes, bread, fruit salads etc, it imparts a very nice nutty flavour. — Seed - raw or cooked.; Much used as a flavouring in cakes, bread, fruit salads etc, it imparts a very nice nutty flavour.; The seeds are rather small, but they are contained in fairly large seed pods and so are easy to harvest.; The seeds are perfectly safe to eat, containing none of the alkaloids associated with other parts of the plant.

Habitat & North American Range

A common weed of cultivated land and waste places, avoiding acid soils. Becoming far less frequent on cultivated land due to modern agricultural practices. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)