Papaver walpolei A.E.Porsild

Walpole's poppy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Papaver

Characteristics

Plants densely cespitose, to 1(-2) dm. Leaves to 4 cm; petiole to 3/4 length of leaf; blade light green abaxially, dark green adaxially, sometimes glaucous, short-lanceolate, unlobed or 1×-lobed with 1(-2) pair(s) of lateral lobes, glabrous adaxially; terminal lobe rarely with small secondary lobes, apex rounded. Inflorescences: scapes erect, glabrate to hispid. Flowers to 3 cm diam.; petals yellow, or white with yellow basal spot; anthers yellow; stigmas 4-5, disc convex. Capsules turbinate to ellipsoid-obovoid, to 1 cm, sparsely to densely hirsute, trichomes light brown to black. 2 n = 14.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182797-2
WFO ID wfo-0001090274
COL ID 4CJM5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Papaver walpolei Papaver walpolei var. walpolei Papaver walpolei var. sulphureo-maculatum