Photograph of a ripe, dehiscent seed capsule (fruit) of the field or corn poppy (Papaver irhoeas), showing the release of numerous blue- black seeds from pores in the top of the dried-out capsule. The seed capsule comprises the remains of the flower after the petals have fallen; the old stigma (starfish-shaped) is seen at top. 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.