Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Oreomecon keelei (A.E.Porsild) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-1200m |
Description | leaves to 12cm, abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, pinnate, lateral segments 2-3-pairs, glabrescent or densely pale brown pilose, flowers solitary, to 5cm across |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow, rose |
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 spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
Synonyms | Oreomecon macounii ssp. discolor (Hultén) Galasso & al. Papaver keelei A.E.Porsild, Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 101(30): 20 (1945) Papaver macounii ssp. discolor (Hultén) Rändel Papaver macounii var. discolor Hultén Papaver radicatum var. camtschaticum Steffen Papaver scammanianum D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |