Papaver alpinum

Papaver alpinum subsp. var.	Dwarf Poppy, Alpine Poppy
	Habit: herbaceous Height: ⇕ to Width: ⇔ to 5cm20cm 20cm40cm Height: ⇕ 5 cm to 20 cm Width: ⇔ 20 cm to 40 cm Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ Mountains of S. Europe Poisonous: ☠ Bloom: ❀	Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun Water: ◍ Features: ✓ flowers Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place Minimum Temp: ☃ °Cwarning.png"°C" is not a number. USDA Zones: 5 to 9 Sunset Zones: Flower features: ❀ orange, yellow, white
	Papaveraceae > Papaver alpinum var. ,

Papaver alpinum, the Alpine poppy or Dwarf poppy, is a perennial poppy found in the Alps. This species includes several sub-species, four of which are found in Austria. It forms a basal rosette clump of downy, finely-divided leaves that are gray-green to blue-green in colour. The flowers are borne on single stems.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Papaver alpinum, Linn. Alpine Poppy. Low and cespitose perennial, nearly stemless: lvs. glaucous, all radical and petiolate, glabrous or nearly so, 2-3-pinnately parted, the ultimate segms. linear or linear-lanceolate: scapes single or several, the bud ovoid or round-obovoid, usually pilose, nodding; fls. white, fragrant; petals round-obovate, erose, nearly 1 in. long or less: caps, oblong to obovate, strongly ribbed. Alps, Apennines.— The following garden varieties have been offered as of this species, but some of them are probably P. pyrenaicum: albiflorum, album, aurantiacum, flaviflorum, flavum, roseum and rubrum. P. luteum, Hort., belongs here, but P. luteum of the botanists is the Welsh Poppy, Meconopsis cambrica. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

These are quite hardy, withstanding light snow and frost during winter. They like a light, moist soil that is free draining.

Propagation

They can be propagated from root cuttings or seeds.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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