Macrophotograph of the top of a ripe, dehiscent seed capsule (fruit) of the field or corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, showing the release of numerous blue-black seeds from window-like pores in the top of the dried-out capsule. The seed capsule comprises the remains of the flower after the petals have fallen. When the capsule has fully ripened, mature seeds are released by the organized process of dehiscence (dehydration & splitting). At this time the pericarp, the capsule wall, is dead & hard.