Papaver radicatum |
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arctic poppy, iceland poppy, Macoun's poppy, root poppy |
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Habit | Plants loosely to densely cespitose, to 1.5 dm. | ||||||||||||
Leaves | to 12 cm; petiole 2/3 length of leaf; blade green on both surfaces, not glaucous, lanceolate, 1-2x-lobed with 2-3(-4) pairs of primary lateral lobes; primary lobes broadly lanceolate or strap-shaped, apex obtuse to acute. |
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Inflorescences | scapes erect or bowed and decumbent, less than 15 cm, sparsely to densely hispid. |
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Flowers | to 6.5 cm diam.; petals yellow or white, rarely pink tinged, or brick red; anthers yellow; stigmas 4-7, disc convex. |
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Capsules | obovoid to subglobose, 1-2.5 times longer than broad, strigose, trichomes light to dark brown or black. |
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Papaver radicatum |
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Distribution |
AK; CO; ID; NM; UT; WY; AB; BC; NF; NT; QC; YT; Arctic and alpine North America; Europe; Asia
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Discussion | Subspecies numerous (4 in the flora). Many infraspecific taxa have been named from throughout the extensive range of this extremely variable species. Within North America, the following broadly circumscribed subspecies are generally, but not always, distinguishable. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Papaveraceae > Papaver > sect. Meconella | ||||||||||||
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Name authority | Rottbfll: Skr. Kifbenhavnske Selsk. Laerd. Elsk. 10: 455. (1770) | ||||||||||||
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