| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreomecon crocea (Ledeb.) Banfi & al. |
| Bibliography | Nat. Hist. Sci. 9(1): 71 (2021) |
| Native Range | Afghanistan to s. Siberia and c. China |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | leaves elongate, pinnatifid to -sect, segments entire, narrow, obtuse, lobate-dentate, obtuse, buds ovate, large, sparsely pubescent, flowers 6-7cm, capsules glabrous |
| Size | 25-60cm |
| Color | white, yellow, orange |
| 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 spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
| Synonyms | Papaver alpinum var. croceum (Ledeb.) Ledeb. Papaver alpinum var. leucanthum Trautv. Papaver angrenicum Pazij Papaver croceum Ledeb. Papaver croceum ssp. altaicum Serg. Papaver croceum ssp. corydalifolium (Fedde) Tolm. Papaver croceum var. glabrifolium Serg. Papaver croceum var. glabrum Serg. Papaver croceum var. hirsutum Serg. Papaver croceum var. pilosum Serg. Papaver himalaycum Cretz. Papaver ledebourianum var. leucanthum (Trautv.) Peschkova Papaver nudicaule f. albiflorum Lundstr. Papaver nudicaule ssp. aurantiacum Fedde Papaver nudicaule ssp. corydalifolium (Fedde) N.Busch Papaver nudicaule var. corydalifolium Fedde Papaver nudicaule var. croceum (Ledeb.) Elkan Papaver nudicaule var. glabratum DC. Papaver nudicaule var. leucanthum Trautv. Papaver nudicaule var. subcorydalifolium Fedde Papaver nudicaule var. tenue (Regel) Fedde Papaver nudicaule var. trilobifolium Fedde Papaver pseudotenellum Grubov |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |