Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Papaver alpinum L. |
Synonyms | Papaver burseri Crantz |
Papaver julicum E.Mayer & Merxm. | |
Papaver kerneri Hayek | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | subglabrous, leaves 1-2-pinnate, glabrous, glaucous, segments 3-4-pairs, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 1-2mm wide, with short terminal awn, petals to 15mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
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 |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PAPAVERACEAE
alpinum endressii (Asch.) O.Bolós & Vigo, Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 73 (1974)
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