The ' lid ' of a poppy pod shows that the spikes of this ' wheel ' have lenght but also breadth. So you can't call them lines but linear they are and concentric in a natural circle. Spikes.
The number of spikes on each poppy pod's head is not consistant . This one has got 14 , but there are others with 11, 12 and thirteen.
Wonderful to see that when when the seeds are getting near being ripe little windows open up
right under the lid of the pod. A neat regular row of holes to let the seeds escape.
Those holes are in number always equal to the spikes.
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Do these happen to be California poppies? Catching up on your posts. Fun to read.
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