| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Meconopsis lyrata (H.A.Cummins & Prain) Fedde |
| Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 104: 246 (1909) |
| Native Range | e. Himalaya (Darjiling) |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-4800m |
| Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves oval, entire, sometimes with basal, orbiculate lobes, 1-5cm long, long petiolate, flowers 1-5, 3-4cm across, pendent, tetramerous; monocarpic |
| Size | 5-50cm |
| Color | pale blue, pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Cathcartia lyrata H.A.Cummins & Prain Papaver lyratum (H.A.Cummins & Prain) Christenh. & Byng |
| Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |