Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Meconopsis regia G.Taylor |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 67: 259 (1929) |
Native Range | c. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4600m |
Description | leaf rosette to 1m wide, leaves narrowly elliptic, serrate, golden or silvery hirsute, flowers 1-4, ca. 8cm across, in leafy raceme, petals 4-6; monocarpic |
Size | 100-200cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early 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 winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C |
Synonyms | Papaver regium (G.Taylor) Christenh. & Byng |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |