Any plant of the genus Papaver, family Papaveraceae, that bears brightly colored, often dark-centered, flowers and yields a milky sap. Species include the crimson European field poppy P. rhoeas and the Asian opium poppies. Closely related are the California poppy Eschscholtzia californica and the yellow horned or sea poppy Glaucium flavum.Annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers.
Bulka nema sastojke koji daju opijum. Druga imena za bulku su: almak, božana, božanka, bulica, burlidža, divlji mak, jek, kukuriječak, kukurik, lala, lale, makalj, makovnica, mak-turčinak, prepelice, turčin-cvijet, turčinče ciganka.
Za jelo se upotrebljava seme bulke. U Engleskoj i drugde neke vrste hleba, biskvita i kolača posipaju semenom bulke. Tako se dobija prijatan ukus - kažu.
LJubitelji ptica hrane svoje ljubimce semenom bulke. Ptice ga rado jedu uz drugu hranu.
Tulipan.