The bread seed, or opium, poppy is called Papaver somniferum in the botanical world. This annual flowering plant produces 4-inch white, red or purple paper-like flowers that develop large seed pods; the illegal narcotic opium is made from a milky substance harvested from the pods. Scatter a ...
KJ:When I was deployed in Afghanistan, I had heard about a spice named saffron that some farmers were growing. It was an alternative to growing opium. Saffron gave farmers up to seven times more income than opium poppies. But I didn’t run into any saffron farmers while I was deployed. ...