Oreomecon anomala

Oreomecon anomala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Oreomecon
Species:	O. anomala
Binomial name
Oreomecon anomala (Fedde) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso
Synonyms [1]
Papaver anomalum Papaver nudicaule subsp. anomalum

Oreomecon anomala is a poppy found in Mongolia, Korea, China and Far East of Russia (Primorsky krai). ^[1] It grows on dry meadow slopes, in river valleys, sometimes on deposits and dumps. Blooms in May-September.

Description

A perennial low-growing herbaceous plant. Leaves are all long-petioled, grayish-green from above, covered with sparse hairs; from below they are completely grayish-blue, with sparse bristles and visible veins. Stems are straight, strongly elongate, covered with very sparse rusty-yellow hairs, reaching 30–40 cm in length. Flowers are about 3–4 cm in diameter. The petals are round, white to orange, about 2 cm in diameter, with a slightly wavy-silvery edge. The pistils are saber-shaped, blackening, and the stamens are linear, orange. The fruits are distinctly globular, smooth, distinctly ribbed, about 1 cm in diameter. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Oreomecon anomala was given the name Papaver anomalum by Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde and scientifically described in 1909. It was described as a subspecies of Papaver nudicaule in 1985 by Vladimir Nikolaevich Voroschilov. ^[1] It was moved to the new genus Oreomecon in 2021 by Enrico Augusto Banfi, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Jean-Marc Tison, and Gabriele Galasso. ^[3] The resulting name of Oreomecon anomala is the accepted name according to Plants of the World Online, ^[1] World Flora Online, ^[4] and World Plants. ^[5] It has eleven synonyms. ^[1]

Table of Synonyms

Name	Year	Rank	Notes
Papaver alpinum lusus chinenseRegel	1862	sport	= het.
Papaver anomalumFedde	1909	species	≡ hom.
Papaver anomalum var. chinense(Regel) Tolm.	1970	variety	= het.
Papaver borealisinenseKitag.	1973	species	= het.
Papaver chinense(Regel) Kitag.	1954	species	= het.
Papaver croceum subsp. chinense(Regel) Rändel	1974	subspecies	= het.
Papaver nudicaule subsp. anomalum(Fedde) Vorosch.	1985	subspecies	≡ hom.
Papaver nudicaule subsp. chinense(Regel) N.Busch	1913	subspecies	= het.
Papaver nudicaule var. chinense(Regel) Fedde	1909	variety	= het.
Papaver nudicaule var. isopyroidesFedde	1909	variety	= het.
Papaver nudicaule var. pleiopetalumJ.C.Shao	2009	variety	= het.
Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym  ; = heterotypic synonym

References

Citations

1. POWO 2025b.
2. Fedde 1909, pp. 384–385.
3. POWO 2025a; POWO 2025b.
4. WFO 2025.
5. Hassler 2025.

Sources

Journals

^[1]

Web sources

• Hassler, Michael (11 November 2025). "Oreomecon anomala in Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.11". World Plants. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
• POWO (2025a). "Oreomecon Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
• POWO (2025b). "Oreomecon anomala (Fedde) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
• WFO (2025). "Oreomecon anomala (Fedde) Banfi, Bartolucci, J.-M.Tison & Galasso". World Flora Online . Retrieved 17 December 2025.

1. Fedde, Friedrich (1909). "Papaveraceae-Hypecoideae et Papaveraceae-Papaveroideae mit 532 Einzelbildern in 43 Figuren". Das Pflanzenreich :regni vegetablilis conspectus. IV (104). Retrieved 17 December 2025.