Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Meconopsis latifolia (Prain) Prain |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 146 (1915) |
Native Range | nw. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | stem leaves alternate, linear-oblong, obtuse, shallowly incised, abaxially glaucous, flowers 5-6cm across, tetramerous, in racemose cyme; monocarpic |
Size | 30-120cm |
Color | bright blue |
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 | Meconopsis sinuata var. latifolia Prain Papaver latifolium (Prain) Christenh. & Byng |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |