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Meconopsis simplicifolia

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Species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae

Meconopsis simplicifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Meconopsis
Species: M. simplicifolia
Binomial name
Meconopsis simplicifolia
(D. Don) Walp.

Meconopsis simplicifolia is a perennial in the poppy family, sometimes monocarpic, with a taproot, rosette of leaves with bristly hairs, and blue or purple flowers on leafless stems, native to altitudes of 3,450–5,450 metres (11,300–17,900 ft) in central Nepal and southeastern Tibet.

References

  • Grey-Wilson, Christopher (2005). Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation. Chrysalis Books Group. ISBN 0713489278.
Taxon identifiers
Meconopsis simplicifolia
Papaver simplicifolium


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