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Nope. The Definitions section of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (as amended) clearly states that the "opium poppy" plant is one single species and no other: papaver somniferum l.
Again, you're missing the point. That "L." does not stand for lacteatum, it stands for Linnaeus. Please review how the Linnaean nomenclature system works:
http://enhg.4t.com/b/b29/29_13.htm
OK, you're correct on that point, but this is not a botany forum ... so nobody but you cares to quibble about what that "l." stands for. Yes, you're right about the taxonomy ... but still wrong about the law.
You won't find the definition of opium poppy in the CFR. Look at the U.S.C. That's where the opium poppy is defined to be "papaver somniferum l." No other species are C-II under federal law. That is ... unless they are processed to extract the opiate alkaloids. Zero. Zilch.
That was how Jim Hogshire got acquitted. Remember? He had dried poppies, but they couldn't prove they were papaver somniferum.
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