Is this a Papaver Somniferum?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2021

  Hmmm 🤔 can we see the growing tip please?

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Jane_in_Norfolk Posts: 33

  June 2021

  Actually it’s closer to 20”
  

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  June 2021

  I'd say yes

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  June 2021 edited June 2021

  I'd say yes as well, although until the flower buds show, it's also very similar to smooth  Sow thistle.
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2021 edited June 2021

  That’s my thought too @fidgetbones ... I’d play a waiting game and be ready to yank it out at the first appearance of ‘the wrong sort of bud’. 

  
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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  June 2021

  I get both in my garden.  Seen there, I can tell the difference fairly easily, there is a more blue green shade to the poppies. It is more difficult from photos.
  

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  June 2021

  I'm veering more towards sow thistle than poppy, but wait until flower buds form then you'll be able to tell for sure and whip it out if it's undesirable.
  

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• philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742

  June 2021

  I'd agree with @JennyJ - leaves are a wee bit too green and rough for Papaver.

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• Jane_in_Norfolk Posts: 33

  June 2021

  Thanks everyone - now I need to google images of the two different types of buds so that I can be ready to spring into action if it's an undesirable bud! 
  
  

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• Jane_in_Norfolk Posts: 33

  June 2021 edited June 2021

  Though - to clarify - the photos make it look much greener than it actually is. In the flesh it's more of a sage colour, with blueish undertones. I measured it and its 21" tall, with a smooth stem from which the leaves branch off. 

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