Meconopsis horridula

MECONOPSIS horridula
Blue Poppy

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 18"-3' (45-100cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Blue, white

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Magnoliidae (Magnolia Superorder)

Order: Papaverales (Poppy Order)

Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy Family)

Genus: Meconopsis (Poppy)

Species: horridula (prickly)

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Meconopsis horridula is one of the Blue Poppies, mostly from the Himalayan region. It has a basal rosette of prickly leaves, giving rise to stems about 2' or so high, with a few drooping open-faced flowers in dark blue shot with purple. Like many of the blue poppies, it is monocarpic.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Winter
Inside (13 days)
Propagator
(11 days)
Outside (102 days)

Seed Pod The seed pod is a prickly domed cylinder with a point.
Seed The seeds are small dark brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod.
Seedling The seedling has heart-shaped leaves.

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				Germination: Winter Inside (13 days) Propagator (11 days) Outside (102 days)
Seed Pod The seed pod is a prickly domed cylinder with a point. Seed The seeds are small dark brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod. Seedling The seedling has heart-shaped leaves.