| Meconopsis lancifolia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Meconopsis |
| Species: | M. lancifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Meconopsis lancifolia (Franch.) Franch. ex Prain | |
Meconopsis lancifolia [1] [2] [3] [4] is a plant species in the genus Meconopsis , in the family Papaveraceae. M. lancifolia is monocarpic, meaning that it flowers only once before dying. [2]
Height: Though often only 8–20 cm high at maturity, some plants may reach 35 cm while flowering, and up to 42 cm tall while fruiting. [2]
Stems: Erect stem 3.7–25 cm long, 5–13 mm in diameter near the base. Ascending to patent-reflexed, tawny-coloured, soft bristles typically cover the stems, sometimes densely, though occasionally stems may be more or less glabrous. [2]
Leaves: Entire to slightly sinuate [2] or pinnately lobed [3] leaves are borne in a basal rosette, [2] [3] are green or greyish-green above and are a paler, somewhat glaucous colour beneath, and measure between 2–16- [2] 25 [3] cm in length, and 0.5-2.2 cm in width, tapering gradually at the base. Leaves are sparsely bristly [4] or have a variable number of bristles; [3] bristles are not dark at the base. [4] Lamina are elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-oblanceolate, narrow-oblanceolate, or more rarely linear-lanceolate. Petioles are 1.5–9 cm in length. [2]
Flowers: 2.6–8.2 cm across, with 4– [2] [3] 8– [3] 11 [2] satiny deep-blue [2] to violet, [3] to indigo-purple, [2] [3] more rarely pinkish, [2] or very rarely light blue [3] petals. Petals measure 13–32 mm x 10–32 mm. Flowers June–early August.
Flowers are typically significantly darker than those of Meconopsis grandis or Meconopsis horridula . [3]
Fruit: oblong-ellipsoid to subcylindric green capsules with purple ribs ripening to brown. [2]
Meconopsis lancifolia does not appear to have ever been in cultivation, [3] or is rare in cultivation [4] despite substantial efforts by Forrest.[ who? ] Taylor[ who? ] considered that the generally weak characteristics of the bulbous root implied that it was a difficult plant. However, as it is so widespread, it is genetically quite variable, and so perhaps some forms are more adaptable than others. The standard well-fed, winter dry, summer wet may require some modification for success, with less emphasis on the summer wet. [3]
In the wild, it is particularly associated with limestone habitats, [3] including stony alpine meadows, rocky slopes, screes, moraines, [2] [3] stony and rocky pastures, open low moorland scrub, and alpine moorland. [2] Prefers less sunny exposures. [3]
Widespread across China, [3] specifically in western China, from southwest Gansu to northwest Yunnan, east and southeast Tibet, western Sichuan; the Cangshan, Yulongxueshan, and the mountains of the Mekong-Salween and Mekong-Yangtze divides. [2]
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