{"id":11204,"date":"2026-05-06T10:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mucbo.org\/papaver-somniferum-l\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:41:35","slug":"papaver-somniferum-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mucbo.org\/es\/papaver-somniferum-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Papaver\u00a0somniferum\u00a0L.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAT:<\/strong> amapola, hierba dormidora
ES:<\/strong> adormidera<\/p>

FAMILIA:<\/strong> Papaveraceae<\/p>

DISTRIBUCI\u00d3N:<\/strong> Mediterr\u00e1neo central e Islas Canarias. Actualmente tambi\u00e9n cultivada o subespont\u00e1nea en muchas otras regiones templadas del mundo.<\/p>

DESCRIPCI\u00d3N:<\/strong> Planta anual, de hasta 1\u20131,5 m de altura, con tallo erecto y glauco. Hojas anchas y abrazadoras. Flores grandes, solitarias, de colores variables (blancos, rosados, lilas o rojizos). El fruto es una c\u00e1psula globosa caracter\u00edstica.<\/p>

ESTADO DE CONSERVACI\u00d3N:<\/strong> No amenazada. Especie ampliamente cultivada; su presencia en estado silvestre suele estar ligada a antiguos cultivos.<\/p>

FENOLOG\u00cdA:<\/strong> Floraci\u00f3n principalmente en primavera (abril\u2013mayo). Fructificaci\u00f3n a finales de primavera e inicio del verano.<\/p>

FORMA VITAL:<\/strong> Ter\u00f3fito (planta anual).<\/p>

H\u00c1BITAT:<\/strong> Campos de cultivo, m\u00e1rgenes, terrenos removidos y zonas nitrificadas, especialmente en suelos bien drenados y soleados.<\/p>

USOS:<\/strong>
Papaver somniferum<\/em> es conocido desde la Antig\u00fcedad por la sustancia l\u00e1ctea que se extrae de la c\u00e1psula verde: el opio. Hist\u00f3ricamente, este se ha utilizado como calmante y sedante, y ha tenido un papel importante en la medicina tradicional, aunque hoy en d\u00eda su uso est\u00e1 estrictamente regulado.
A un nivel m\u00e1s cercano y dom\u00e9stico, las semillas, que no contienen opio, se han utilizado tradicionalmente en reposter\u00eda y panader\u00eda, tambi\u00e9n en el \u00e1mbito mediterr\u00e1neo. En el imaginario popular, la planta ha quedado asociada simb\u00f3licamente al sue\u00f1o y al descanso, de ah\u00ed el nombre de \u201chierba dormidora\u201d.<\/p>

EN EL JARD\u00cdN BOT\u00c1NICO:<\/strong>
En el Jard\u00edn Bot\u00e1nico de S\u00f3ller se presenta en la terraza de plantas medicinales como ejemplo de una planta con una fuerte carga hist\u00f3rica y cultural, que permite hablar de los usos tradicionales de las plantas, de la frontera entre remedio y veneno, y de c\u00f3mo el conocimiento bot\u00e1nico ayuda a comprender mejor la relaci\u00f3n entre las personas y el mundo vegetal.<\/p>

Utilizamos la adormidera tambi\u00e9n como planta ornamental en jardineras temporales, gracias a sus flores vistosas y a la facilidad de cultivo. Aporta verticalidad, color y un aire ef\u00edmero y estacional. Tambi\u00e9n es una especie interesante para la divulgaci\u00f3n bot\u00e1nica, ya que permite mostrar el ciclo completo de una planta anual y la diversidad de usos est\u00e9ticos detr\u00e1s de una especie con una fuerte carga simb\u00f3lica e hist\u00f3rica.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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