Poppy

Poppies were a type of flowering plant found in the Realms.

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.

Usage

 * 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.
 * 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.

Trivia

 * Poppy seed oil was poisonous to werebadgers.
 * Red poppies were a favored plant of the goddesses Loviatar and Sune.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Pools of Darkness • The Spine of the World • Venom's Taste
 * Video Games


 * Baldur's Gate III