Papaver walpolei
Rhodora 41: 231, plate 552, figs. 4-10. 1939.
Plants densely cespitose, to 1 (-2) dm. Leaves to 4 cm; petiole to 3/4 length of leaf; blade light green abaxially, dark green adaxially, sometimes glaucous, short-lanceolate, unlobed or 1×-lobed with 1 (-2) pair (s) of lateral lobes, glabrous adaxially; terminal lobe rarely with small secondary lobes, apex rounded. Inflorescences: scapes erect, glabrate to hispid. Flowers to 3 cm diam.; petals yellow, or white with yellow basal spot; anthers yellow; stigmas 4-5, disc convex. Capsules turbinate to ellipsoid-obovoid, to 1 cm, sparsely to densely hirsute, trichomes light-brown to black. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering late May–Aug.
Habitat: Exposed tundra uplands, especially calcareous fellfield and river gravels
Elevation: 0-900 m
Distribution
Yukon, Alaska, Asia (Russian Far East), Asia (Chukotka)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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