| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Meconopsis lancifolia (Franch.) Franch. ex Prain |
| Bibliography | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2. Nat. Hist. 64: 311 (1896) |
| Native Range | c. China to Tibet and n. Burma |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3300-4800m |
| Description | taproot, lower leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to obovate, glabrous or softly setose, entire, flowers numerous in raceme, petals 4-8, suborbiculate; monocarpic |
| Size | 8-35cm |
| Color | velvet purple, blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Cathcartia lancifolia Franch. Meconopsis lancifolia var. limprichtii Fedde ex H.Limpr. Meconopsis lancifolia var. solitariifolia Fedde Papaver lancifolium (Franch.) Christenh. & Byng |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |