Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The only similar is Iceland Poppy but that has a stigma with far fewer rays and tend to be yellow, orange, reddish or white, not pink as here. Shirley Poppies normally have many more stigma rays than the wild poppy.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (11/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). The only similar is Iceland Poppy but that has a stigma with far fewer rays and tend to be yellow, orange, reddish or white, not pink as here. Shirley Poppies normally have many more stigma rays than the wild poppy.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Shirley Poppies are derived from the wild Papaver Rhoeas and there are many many varieties. I try to only grow wild varieties as part of my rewilding project, but these appeared. Shows how careful you have to be selecting wildflower seeds.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (08/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Shirley Poppies are derived from the wild Papaver Rhoeas and there are many many varieties. I try to only grow wild varieties as part of my rewilding project, but these appeared. Shows how careful you have to be selecting wildflower seeds.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). ...which is why you should use Plantlife.org as your wildflower seed supplier, and not get them from Amazon as I did.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). ...which is why you should use Plantlife.org as your wildflower seed supplier, and not get them from Amazon as I did.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Does have some hairs on the flower stem, but fewer and much shorter than wild Common Poppy.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Does have some hairs on the flower stem, but fewer and much shorter than wild Common Poppy.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). These are the basal leaves - they are quite different to the wild poppy as those have pointed lobes, not rounded ones like this.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). These are the basal leaves - they are quite different to the wild poppy as those have pointed lobes, not rounded ones like this.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). These are the basal leaves.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Leaf shape varies widely, these are upper leaves.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Upper leaves albeit slightly further down.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Upper leaves.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Top is a Common (Wild) Poppy leaf, and the one below is the lower leaf of a Shirley Poppy.

Top is Common Poppy, middle is Shirley Poppy and bottom is a baby Common Poppy. Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Top is a Common (Wild) Poppy leaf, and the one below is the lower leaf of a Shirley Poppy.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). On the face of it, the seed pods look just like "Common Poppy" although the top bit tends to be more concave wheraas the wild poppy they tend to be convex.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). On the face of it, the seed pods look just like "Common Poppy" although the top bit tends to be more concave wheraas the wild poppy they tend to be convex.

Shirley Poppy (Papava rhoeas) (01/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).