Jump to content

Dicranostigma

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by JoJan (talk | contribs) at 12:36, 29 September 2016 (taxonbar). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Dicranostigma
Dicranostigma erectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Dicranostigma

Species

Dicranostigma, also known as the eastern horned poppies, is a genus in the poppy family Papaveraceae, the species of which are native to the Himalaya and western China. Although resembling the true horned poppies of Glaucium, they have stigmas with two lobes and fruit with only traces of the "horns".

A number of the species have only been recently published.

The annual Dicranostigma erectum and biennial/perennial Dicranostigma lactucoides ("Himalayan horned poppy") are regularly cultivated.

References

  • Christopher Grey-Wilson, Poppies (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88192-503-9 pp. 51-53