Biology:Meconopsis betonicifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae

Meconopsis betonicifolia
Himalayan blue poppy in a Scottish garden.jpg
A full bloom
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Meconopsis
Species:
M. betonicifolia
Binomial name
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Synonyms

Meconopsis baileyi

Meconopsis betonicifolia (syn. Meconopsis baileyi), the Himalayan blue poppy,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It was first formally named for western science in 1912 by the British officer Lt. Col. Frederick Marshman Bailey.[2]

Meconopsis betonicifolia is hardy in most of the United Kingdom [3] and it has striking large blue flowers. This herbaceous perennial is often short-lived.[3]

References

  1. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Meconopsis betonicifolia | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 6 January 2022 }}
  2. Paulette Singley (2004). Eating Architecture. MIT Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-262-08322-5. https://archive.org/details/eatingarchitectu00horw. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Meconopsis betonicifolia". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/10969/meconopsis-betonicifolia-franch/details. 

External links

Himalayan blue poppy

Wikidata ☰ Q3083496 entry