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Taxon:  Meconopsis betonicifolia Franch.



Summary
Genus:
Meconopsis
Family:
Papaveraceae
Subfamily:
Papaveroideae
Tribe:
Papavereae
Nomen number:
23517
Place of publication:
Pl. delavay. 1:42, t. 12. 1889
Verified:
07/28/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Meconopsis baileyi Prain
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  4. Grey-Wilson, C. Poppies: The poppy family in the wild and in cultivation. 1993 94.
  5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. Flora of India. 1993-
Common names
English
Bailey's blue-poppy –
blue-poppy –
Himalayan blue-poppy –
Himalayan-poppy –
French
pavot bleu –
German
Tibet-Scheinmohn –
Swedish
blå bergvallmo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Xizang, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Arunachal Pradesh]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=23517. Accessed 5 December 2025.


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