Flower, Poppy

POPPY FLOWER - Represents Eternal Sleep, consolation for a loss in the family and remembrance of the fallen in conflicts.  In symbolism Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because the opium extracted from them is a sedative, and death because of the common blood-red color of the red poppy in particular. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead.