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Meconopsis aculeata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 67, pl. 15 67 1834. (syn: Meconopsis bikramii B.S.Aswal; Meconopsis guilelmi-waldemarii Klotzsch; Papaver guilelmi-waldemarii (Klotzsch & Garcke) Christenh. & Byng);
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Jammu & Kashmir (Zanskar, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan (Hazara), SW-Tibet as per Catalogue of Life;
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Blue Poppy • Hindi: Vanita वनीता, Kanta कान्ता • Urdu: Gul-e Nilam गुले नीलम;
. Meconopsis aculeata Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 67. 1834.
Family: Papaveraceae
Location: Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh Nice shot of the BLUE POPPY
at gangotri – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 1 correct image as above. fourth flower is Meconopsis aculeata
Location- On the way… from Kookar Nag to Sinthan Pass, Jammu & Kashmir. Meconopsis!! This one is Meconopsis aculeata Royle, beauty of the alpine region
BLUE from Uttarakhand(UK)INDIA Greetings on Ramzan Id & Shri Ganesh Festival – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 1 image. Thanks, …, I hope you had a wonderful trip to the valley of flowers.
Mine was really good with wonderful capture of around 150 species of flowers, 60 species of birds, around 25 species of fungi, around 25 species of butterflies etc. alongwith wonderful landscapes.
I have to manage a lot of pictures with the help of an umbrella & Raincoat.
But unable to process & post due to paucity of time.
Pl. post your pictures from there if you find time. Nice experience and in my trip to VoF and Hemkunt I got many orchids, including 3 species of Cypripedium and many others. I was allowed to
go on the other side of the hemkund lake and found some interesting plants on that side too. Its a great place for botanical exploration.
Meconopsis aculeata (Himalayan Blue Poppy): – This picture is from Cambridge botanical gardens June 2008. . VoF Week :Papavaraceae – Meconopsis aculeata from Shri Hemkund Saheb:
VOF Week: Meconopsis aculeata at VOF & Hemkund Sahib: There seems a buffet arranged for us in the last photo. it speaks a lot about Valley’s generosity. Absolutely right. So many flowers, i think i would have missed reasonably good nos. So few more visits to VOF in coming years is must… Meconopsis aculeata Royle … (family: Papaveraceae)
2 AUG 12
Valley of Flowers … about 11000 – 12000 ft
VOF Week: Himalayan Blue Poppy: This beautiful himalayan plant which takes much efforts before this can be seen in nature…looks very nice…Meconopsis aculeata…Papaveraceae shot from way to Valley of Flowers and from near Hemkunt Sahib…
VoF Week: Meconopsis aculeata from VoF and way to Hemkund sahib:
VOF Week 290812_DS_06:
This is the famous Blue Poppy – a specific one in my wish list. Seen only once on thw way to VOF, but plenty on the Hemkund Sahib route. Yes Meconopsis aculeata
Are these variants of Blue Poppy?: I return with some more identification requests. I thought these may be variants of blue poppy, but I’m not sure. The information I have on these is below:
Date/Time- 10th Oct 2011
Location- Himachal Pradesh, Hampta River valley, Kullu
Habitat- Wild. the terrain they were growing in was largely rocky, with some grass and shrub Yes … Thank you very much for confirming. I came across these on a trek and wondered if so. but the local guide could not confirm it for me. thank you again, I have some more ID requests which I will post over the next few days. I hope Meconopsis horridula Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please in view of discussions in another thread. Key in “Flowers of the Himalaya” goes thus –
Flowers yellow (see also 97)
94. M. paniculata Prain
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FLowers blue, purple red, or rarely white
a) leaves all basal (see also 101, 103)
97, M. discigera Prain
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b) leaves borne on flowering stem as well as basal (see also 97)
i) plants with large overwintering rosettes
100. M. napaulensis DC.
ii) plants without large overwintering rosettes
x) leaves entire, or margin toothed or shallowly lobed
101. M. horridula Hook. f. & Thoms.
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xx) leaves deeply lobed
106. M. aculeata Royle
I think this species is M. aculeata Royle, as in –
Meconopsis aculeata from Uttarakhand: Sep. 2014_DSR_6 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Meconopsis aculeata Royle (Papaveraceae) at the end of flowering; photographed above Vedni Bugyal, Uttarakhand. Thanks … I think to take fresh flower pics mid July to early August is best time..
This was the only Meconopsis plant i had seen during this GHNP trek. Probably end of season..
Bot. name: Meconopsis sp?? Family: Papaveraceae Habitat: Wild, on the rocky soil plant habit: Herb date/time: 28-09-2014 / 01:25PM Location: en-route Dhel pass at altitude of approx 3900m. Should be M.aculeata if we believe in ‘Flora of Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh” by S.K.Singh and G.S.Rawat, which mentions only one species (M.aculeata) from park.
Poppy? ABSEP2016/24 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. I found this withering plant on my Ilaqa trek and decided to photograph the flowers, leaves and the spiny seedpods to attempt an ID. It looks like a poppy but I may be completely off the mark. There is also this possibility that the flowers have faded from its original colour, though it is unlikely becuase all three flowers were evenly white. Please advise.
Poppy?
Above Triund, HP 3100m 03-04 September 2016 I think so. Thank you … Can we hazard a guess about the species with this evidence? Meconopsis aculeata (Papaveraceae) I hope.
Fwd: Meconopsis aculeata in H.P. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) I attach an image taken as a slide on the Rohtang Pass back in 1989 which shows good detail of the stamens and stigma. Shall post habit and habitat shots of this another time – grew on a mossy boulder.
I have quite a number of images of the ‘West Himalayan Blue-Poppy’ from Kashmir, Ladakh and H.P. incl. a good set from the Sach Pass, which I plan to post at some point.
I am surprised at the confusion with M.horridula, as this species has not been recorded NW of Nepal.
Meconopsis aculeata? ABJUL2017/07 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Last year I had posted withered flowers of the same plant from the same location (I am starting a new thread for clarity) and now I have the fresh flower. … had suggested M. aculeata and I agree with his ID. I am wondering if the plant bears white flowers (there is a slight blue hue in the whites) too and whether it could be another similar plant. Please advise. Meconopsis aculeata?
Above Triund, Dharamshala, HP
3100m approx.
03-04 July 2017
Beautiful pics of Himalayan Blue Poppy. Habitat of this species is well illustrated in first image. I this it is M. aculeata only. Colour of flowers is truly reflected here and dark blue is never seen by me in Uttarakhand. Thank you very much … for your kind words and for confirming the ID. Wonderful pics … you are very well exhibiting all the treasure hidden in your area…nice documentation…!! Thank you … I am posting more photos today from my yesterday’s/today’s walk in the mountains. Forwarding again for validation please as Meconopsis aculeata Looks matching! I could find the similar white coloured form at Semantic Scholar Thank you … Now I know that the colour varies from pale blue to bright blue to pink. I will share pictures of a pink flower I photographed last year soon. Thanks, …, Will be waiting for pink ones.
Here we go. The photo was taken in late August last year at about 3500m
I walked up yesterday to Ilaqa (3300m) to look for bluer blue poppies and was rewarded with these. The light was low after a heavy shower and I could only manage a few photos. Ilaqa and above,
3300-3400m
10 July 2017
Attachments (5) Thanks, … These brought memories of my trip to VOF and Hemkund Sahib, where I clicked these. Whether was exactly same. Did you find different coloured flowers in the same population or in different populations?
Meconopsis aculeata :: Hemkund, Uttarakhand :: Aug 2018 :: ARKSEP-16 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9)
Saw these beautiful flowers near Hemkund, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018.
Had these alongwith two more species on my wish list, however, could satisfy myself with only 2, could not get the 3rd one.
. 24072021- PM01-Meconopsis aculeata (Papaveraceae) from Pangi Valley HP: 5 images. presenting a few images of threatened Meconopsis aculeata, clicked during my recent visit to pangi valley. It has sparse distribution restricted to some remote subvalleys in pangi found growing near water streams, and under rock boulders. I was fortunate enough to locate a few individuals at subalpine-alpine grasslands of Sural and Hudal bhatori, Killar-Kishtwar highway (mainly near streams and grassy meadows).
Altitude- 2800-3400m asl
July 2021 .
Plant ID confirmation from Uttarkashi: 1 image.
Request for plant ID confirmation
Meconopsis aculeata?
Date: 20 August 2023
Location: Dayara range, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand
Altitude: 3840 meters asl
Plant habit/habitat: Wild herb
Mecanopsis aculeata. . References:
Catalogue of Life POWO (Papaver guilelmi-waldemarii)
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