| Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
| Genus species | Papaver canescens Tolm. |
| Bibliography | Zhurn. Russk. Bot. Obshch. 16: 77 (1931) |
| Native Range | sw. Siberia to Central Asia and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-3500m |
| Description | leaves grey setose-lanate, thinly petiolate, pinnate, segments 2-3-pairs, oblong-linear, entire, acute, buds 1cm long, densely brown hirsute, corolla ca. 3cm across |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |