Papaver pygmaeum Rydb.

Alpine poppy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Papaver

Characteristics

Plants loosely cespitose, to 1.2 dm. Leaves to 5 cm; petiole to 2/3 length of leaf; blade blue-green on both surfaces, broadly ovate, 2×-lobed with 2 pairs of primary lateral lobes, glabrous or sparsely hirsute; primary lobes lanceolate to obovate, apex obtuse or rounded, sometimes bristle-tipped. Inflorescences: scapes erect or curved, sparsely hispid, trichomes spreading. Flowers to 2 cm diam.; petals yellow, or orange with yellow basal spot, or orange-pink; anthers yellow; stigmas 4-5, disc convex. Capsules obovoid to obconic, 2-2.5 times longer than broad, to 1.5 cm, strigose, trichomes light (ivory). 2 n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.12
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity dark
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Images

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Distribution

Papaver pygmaeum world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:282094-2
WFO ID wfo-0000481011
COL ID 75M6M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Papaver pygmaeum Papaver radicatum var. pygmaeum