Papaver alboroseum Hultén

Pale poppy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Papaver

Characteristics

Plants cespitose, to 1.5 dm. Leaves to 4 cm; petiole 1/2 length of leaf or less; blade gray-green on both surfaces, broadly lanceolate, 1-2×-lobed with 1 or 2 pairs of primary lateral lobes, white-to brown-setose; primary lobes obovate to strap-shaped, margins sometimes toothed, apex obtuse-rounded to acute, bristle-tipped. Inflorescences: scapes often decumbent, bowed, spreading-hispid. Flowers to 2.5 cm diam.; petals white to rose with yellow basal spot; anthers yellow; stigmas 5-7, disc convex. Capsules subglobose to ellipsoid, to 1.3 cm, 1-2 times longer than broad, strigose, trichomes light (ivory). 2 n = 28.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Papaver alboroseum world distribution map, present in Canada, Liberia, Russian Federation, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182744-2
WFO ID wfo-0000480450
COL ID 4CJ7K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Papaver alboroseum