Poppy

Poppies were a type of flowering plant that produced an intoxicating or blissful effect when smoldered.
==Habitats==
Places in the Realms where poppies could be found growing included the following:
* In the Dalelands, poppies could be found growing in Archendale and Tasseldale.
* In the Hordelands, blue poppies could be found growing in the Katakoro Plateau. Poppies could also rarely be found in the Raurin and Quoya Desert.
* Poppies could be found in parts of Kara-Tur, such as a large field of them known as the Golden Bowl and in parts of the Malatran Plateau.
* Poppies were grown decoratively in the town of Auckney near the Spine of the World and in the Moonsea region.
==Usage==
* On the Malatran Plateau, poppy flowers were used by some Nubari to create a yellow-orange dye.
===Culinary===
* Poppy seeds were commonly used as a seasoning. Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold these for around 8 gold pieces per .
* In the Greenfields region of the Western Heartlands, some served bagels with sprinklings of poppy seeds.
* Poppyseed cakes were a baked food found in Hlondeth, the City of Serpents in the Vilhon Reach.
===Magic===
* Some druids found poppy seeds to be useful in their magic.
* If ground into a powder, poppy seeds could be used as a material component for casting the reverse of the spell true seeing.
* An alchemical suspension of poppy flowers was the main ingredient in brewing potions of mind reading.
==Trivia==
* Poppy seed oil was poisonous to werebadgers.
* Red poppies were a favored plant of the goddesses Loviatar and Sune.
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