It is one of the common names of poppy. It is characterized by having flowers and capsules larger than the common poppy. Large poppy, augmentative poppy. Its scientific name is Papaver rhoeas and it belongs to the family Papaveraceae. Opium is extracted from it.
amapolona-planta papaveraceae annual, medicinal, of white flowers or pale pink, bright steely leaves, fruit in capsules from where opium, morphine and other alkaloids are extracted-