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Family: Papaveraceae
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Meconopsis speciosa Prain
Holotype of Meconopsis speciosa Prain
Collector/Expedition: Forrest, George
Collection number: 468
Collection date: August 1905
Country/Territory: China
Collecting locality: China:Mekong-Salwin divide lat 27°- 28°
Habitat: ...on a dry and barren rock- strewn limestone ridge...
Description: Erect plant of 2-3ft. Flowers 2-3 inches in diameter, bright azure blue. Filaments a deeper shade, anthers bright canary yellow. The flowers form a dense spike so cloesly arranged on the stem that when in ful bloom none of that is visible. Length of the stemm fully two feet, number of flowers 10-15: a most magnificent plant...leaves radicle from 3-6 inches in length same as _Glaucium luteum_ of Europe. Whole plant covered with reddish brown spinous hairs.
Miscellaneous notes: ...but local only saw one patch of it two to three acres in extent....
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00060631
Herbarium region: 4 (Inner China, Korea and Taiwan)
Number of sheets: 1
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