Difference between Poppy and Poppy

1. Difference of blades

Thistle poppy has stem leaves and basal leaves. The basal leaves are broadly oblanceolate, elliptical or obovate, about 5-20 cm long and 2.5-7.5 cm wide, with an acute tip, a cuneate base, and deeply pinnate edges. The lobes have wavy teeth with sharp spines at the tooth ends. The stem and basal ones are the same shape, with the upper ones being smaller.

All leaves of wild poppy are basal, with an outline of ovate to lanceolate, about 3-8 cm long, with an acute or rounded tip, the base expanded into a sheath, the edges pinnately deeply lobed or completely fissured, and the lobes entire.

2. Petal Difference

Thistle poppy flowers usually grow alone at the top of short branches, and a few grow in cymes with 6 petals, which are broadly obovate and yellow or orange-yellow in color.

The scape of wild poppy is cylindrical, and the flowers are solitary on the scape, with 4 petals, broad wedge-shaped or obovate, and the color is similar to the former, which is yellow, light yellow or orange-yellow, and also red.