Category: Meconopsis

Meconopsis pinnatifolia C. Y. Wu & X. Zhuang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(4): 114 (1979) (syn: Papaver pinnatifolium (C.Y.Wu & H.Chuang) Christenh. & Byng); . S. Tibet to W. & N. Central Nepal as per POWO; . SK 3591 29 July 2022:  2 very high res. images. Location: Manang, Nepal Altitude:  4000m. Habit : Wild Meconopsis simplicifolia (D.Don) Walp. ?? […]

Meconopsis grandis Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64(2): 320 1895. (syn: Papaver grande (Prain) Christenh. & Byng); Bhutan, Nepal, SC-Tibet, Sikkim, India (Arunachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life;   Meconopsis grandis from Arunachal Pradesh : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Meconopsis grandis seen at Tawang distt, Arunachal Pradesh. […]

Meconopsis simplicifolia (D. Don) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 110 1842. (syn: Meconopsis nyingchiensis L.H.Zhou; Meconopsis simplicifolia var. baileyi Kingdon-Ward; Meconopsis uniflora Gumbleton; Papaver nyingchiense (L.H.Zhou) Christenh. & Byng; Papaver simplicifolium D.Don; Polychaetia scapigera Wall.; Stylophorum simplicifolium (D.Don) Spreng.);   C-Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Tibet as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Common Blue Poppy Polycarpic or […]

Meconopsis villosa (Hook.f.) G.Taylor, Gen. Meconopsis 28 1934. (syn: Cathcartia villosa Hook.fil.; Papaver cathcartia Christenh. & Byng); . E-Nepal, India (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Bhutan as per Catalogue of Life; . Polycarpic erect perennial herbs, with yellow fluid, about 30-60 cm tall. Stem simple or sparingly branched, tomentose with brown color bristles, about 2-5 mm long. Root […]

Meconopsis merakensis var. albolutea T. Yoshida, R. Yangzom & D. G. Long, The Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, No. 14 (2017); . Unid from Tawang: TQ-Tawang-06 :  Attachments (3). 14 posts by 4 authors. A Meconopsis species found in Tawang region, Arunachal Pradesh, around 4000 m elevation. The leaves appear to be simple and unlobed. Found […]

Meconopsis latifolia (Prain) Prain, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 146 1915. (syn: Meconopsis sinuata var. latifolia Prain); Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life; Monocarpic erect, herbs, with yellow fluid, about 30-100 cm tall. Stem simple, stout, grooved, covered with spreading or deflexed pale yellowish brown or golden brown bristles throughout, about 2-8 […]

Meconopsis paniculata (D. Don) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64: 316 1896. (Syn: Meconopsis horridula var. lutea G.Taylor; Meconopsis longipetiolata G.Taylor ex Hay; Meconopsis napaulensis DC.; Meconopsis napaulensis f. fuscopurpurea (Hook.) ; Meconopsis paniculata var. elata Prain; Meconopsis prainiana var. lutea (G.Taylor) Grey-Wilson; Meconopsis wallichii Hook.; Meconopsis wallichii var. fuscopurpurea Hook.fil.; Papaver […]

Meconopsis robusta Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 253 1855. (syn: Papaver robustum (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Christenh. & Byng); . NW-India (Garwhal, Kumaon) as per Catalogue of Life; . Meconopsis robusta from Uttarakhand: Aug 2014_DSR_10 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1). This beautiful Meconopsis was shot in an alpine meadow near Munsyari, Pithoragarh […]

Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 252 252 1855. (syn: Papaver horridulum (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Christenh. & Byng); . China (W-Gansu, Qinghai, W-Sichuan), Tibet, Bhutan (Kachin, Sagaing), Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma], India (Arunachal Pradesh) as per Catalogue of Life; . Fwd: Image of Meconopsis horridula : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments […]

Meconopsis dhwojii G. Taylor ex Hay, New Fl. & Silva 4: 225, t. 82 (July 8, 1932). (syn: Papaver dhwojii (G.Taylor ex Hay) Christenh. & Byng); E-Nepal as per Catalogue of Life;   Himalayan Yellow Poppy;     References: Catalogue of Life  Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal  GRIN  The Plant List (Unresolved)  Flowers of India   […]

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); . Jammu & Kashmir (Zanskar, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan (Hazara), SW-Tibet as per Catalogue of Life; . Blue Poppy • Hindi: Vanita वनीता, […]