Oreomecon anomala
Oreomecon anomala is a poppy found in Mongolia, Korea, China and Far East of Russia. It grows on dry meadow slopes, in river valleys, sometimes on deposits and dumps. Blooms in May-September.
Description
A perennial low-growing herbaceous plant. Leaves are all long-petioled, grayish-green from above, covered with sparse hairs; from below they are completely grayish-blue, with sparse bristles and visible veins. Stems are straight, strongly elongate, covered with very sparse rusty-yellow hairs, reaching 30–40 cm in length. Flowers are about 3–4 cm in diameter. The petals are round, white to orange, about 2 cm in diameter, with a slightly wavy-silvery edge. The pistils are saber-shaped, blackening, and the stamens are linear, orange. The fruits are distinctly globular, smooth, distinctly ribbed, about 1 cm in diameter.
Taxonomy
Oreomecon anomala was given the name Papaver anomalum by Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde and scientifically described in 1909. It was described as a subspecies of Papaver nudicaule in 1985 by Vladimir Nikolaevich Voroschilov. It was moved to the new genus Oreomecon in 2021 by Enrico Augusto Banfi, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Jean-Marc Tison, and Gabriele Galasso. The resulting name of Oreomecon anomala is the accepted name according to Plants of the World Online, World Flora Online, and World Plants. It has eleven synonyms.