| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreomecon alpina (L.) Banfi & al. |
| Bibliography | Nat. Hist. Sci. 9(1): 69 (2021) |
| Native Range | European Mountains |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | subglabrous, leaves 1-2-pinnate, glabrous, glaucous, segments 3-4-pairs, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 1-2mm wide, with short terminal awn, petals to 15mm long |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | yellow, white |
| Bloom | early summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Papaver alpinum L. Papaver alpinum var. albiflorum Hausm. Papaver alpinum f. albiflorum (Hausm.) Asch. Papaver alpinum var. album Neilr. Papaver alpinum var. angustius Markgr. Papaver alpinum var. aurantiacum (Loisel.) Markgr. Papaver alpinum var. burseri (Crantz) Bolzon Papaver alpinum ssp. burseri (Crantz) Fedde Papaver alpinum f. decipiens (Rouy & Foucaud) Bolzon Papaver alpinum ssp degenii (Urum. & Jáv.) Markgraf. Papaver alpinum ssp. ernesti-mayeri Markgr. Papaver alpinum ssp. flaviflorum (W.D.J.Koch) Arcang. Papaver alpinum var. flaviflorum W.D.J.Koch Papaver alpinum var. flavum Neilr. Papaver alpinum var. intermedium Schinz & R.Keller Papaver alpinum var. julicum (E.Mayer & Merxm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Papaver alpinum ssp. kerneri (Hayek) Fedde Papaver alpinum var. occidentale Markgr. Papaver alpinum var. pseudobiconvex A.Nyár. Papaver alpinum var. pseudoelegans A.Nyár. Papaver alpinum f. rhaeticum (Leresche) Bolzon Papaver alpinum var. rhaeticum (Leresche) Markgr. Papaver alpinum ssp. sendtneri (A.Kern. ex Hayek) Schinz & R.Keller Papaver alpinum var. widderi Markgr. Papaver aurantiacum Loisel. Papaver burseri Crantz Papaver burseri var. bicolor Rchb. Papaver burseri var. biconvex A.Nyár. Papaver burseri var. elegans A.Nyár. Papaver burseri var. sulphurellum Widder Papaver decipiens Rouy & Foucaud Papaver degenii (Urum. & Jáv.) Kuzmanov Papaver julicum E.Mayer & Merxm. Papaver kerneri Hayek Papaver lapponicum ssp. occidentale (Markgr.) Knaben Papaver nudicaule ssp. alpinum (L.) Elkan Papaver nudicaule var. flaviflorum Elkan Papaver occidentale (Markgr.) H.E.Hess & Landolt Papaver pyrenaicum var. albiflorum (Hausm.) Dalla Torre Papaver pyrenaicum ssp. aurantiacum (Loisel.) Fedde Papaver pyrenaicum ssp. degenii Urum. & Jáv. Papaver pyrenaicum var. lancifolium A.Nyár. Papaver pyrenaicum ssp. rhaeticum (Leresche) Fedde Papaver pyrenaicum var. rubicundum Bornm. Papaver pyrenaicum ssp. sendtneri (A.Kern. ex Hayek) Fedde Papaver pyrenaicum ssp. suaveolens P.Fourn. Papaver rhaeticum Leresche Papaver sendtneri Hayek Papaver sendtneri var. fallacinum Bornm. Papaver sendtneri var. roseolum Hayek Papaver suaveolens Lapeyr. Papaver victoris Škorničk. & Wraber |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) |
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