Meconopsis aculeata Royle

 
  • Family : PAPAVERACEAE
    (Poppy Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHAS-KHAS FAMILY (खस -खस फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Papaveraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Meconopsis bikramii Aswal; Meconopsis guilelmi-waldemarii Klotzsch
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Papaver guilelmi-waldemarii (Klotzsch) Christenh. & Byng
  • Common name : Blue poppy; The Himalayan Blue poppy
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vanita (Hindi)
    • Achatsermum (Ladakhi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Rocky mountain slopes and valleys of temperate Western Himalayas, altitude 2500-4700 m.
  • Key identification features : Perennial prickly herb. Radical leaves deeply lobed. Flowers dark purplish-blue in long racemes. Fruit obovate or oblong, prickly.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
  • Native : India, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 72
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 28
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 21
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI:44
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Meconopsis aculeata. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

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