The poppies for poppy seed to put in bread and rolls are from the Hungarian BLUE poppies, not to be confused with the California Poppy which is all brilliant orange or the California Coastal Poppy which is orange in the center to middle and yellow from the middle to tips. Although there is always talk about people getting high by eating poppy seeds, really it's the blue or breadseed that can be turned into opium. To make things a little more confusing, the Hungarian "Blue" looks to be purple. Because California has gotten so much rain this season that we are officially out of drought, we have a SUPER BLOOM OF POPPIES...
LA MAGAZINE - LAKE ELSINORE SUPER BLOOM of POPPIES
Excellent photos on this link.
LONELY PLANET -CALIFORNIA DESERT SUPER BLOOM
