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Oreomecon lapponica (Tolm.) Galasso & al.  
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FamilyPAPAVERACEAE
Genus speciesOreomecon lapponica (Tolm.) Galasso & al. 
BibliographyPl. Rev. 5(4): 58 (2023)
Native RangeSubarctic
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionleaves grey-green, bilobate, long white hirsute, primary lobes lanceolate, pinnate, often apically aristate, flowers to 35mm across, capsule oblong-ellipsoid, brown hirsute
Size20-30cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
SynonymsPapaver chibinense Semenova
Papaver lapponicum (Tolm.) Nordh.
Papaver lapponicum ssp. kvaenangense (C.E.Lundstr.) Ö.Nilsson
Papaver lapponicum ssp. scandinavicum Knaben
Papaver norvegicum Semenova
Papaver nudicaule var. kvaenangense C.E.Lundstr.
Papaver radicatum ssp. lapponicum Tolm.
Papaver tolmatchevii Semenova
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (NOR Norway)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec)
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