Meconopsis betonicifolia

Meconopsis betonicifolia
	A full bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Meconopsis
Species:	M. betonicifolia
Binomial name
	Meconopsis betonicifolia; Franch.
Synonyms
	Meconopsis baileyi

Meconopsis betonicifolia, also known as Meconopsis baileyi and the Himalayan blue poppy, was first discovered in 1912, by Lt. Col. Frederick Marshman Bailey.^[1]

M. betonicifolia is hardy in most of the United Kingdom and it has striking large blue flowers but it probably owes much of its success to the fact that, unlike most Meconopsis, it is perennial.

References

^ Paulette Singley (2004). Eating Architecture. MIT Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-262-08322-5.

External links

Media related to Meconopsis betonicifolia at Wikimedia Commons

[Singley,_Paulette-1] Paulette Singley (2004). Eating Architecture. MIT Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-262-08322-5.

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