Papaver mcconnellii
Fl. Alaska Yukon 5: 803, fig. 1. 1945.
Plants loosely cespitose, to 1.5 dm. Leaves to 10 cm; petiole to 1/2 length of leaf; blade gray and blue-green on both surfaces, glaucous, lanceolate, 1-2×-lobed, commonly with 3 pairs of primary lateral lobes, hirsute; primary lobes obovate to strap-shaped, mostly divided, short, apex acute or more commonly obtuse or rounded. Inflorescences: scapes erect or decumbent, generally curved, less than 15 cm, hispid. Flowers to 6 cm diam.; petals yellow, or white with yellow basal spot; anthers yellow; stigmas 5-7, disc conic-umbonate. Capsules subglobose to obconic, to 1.5 cm, 1-2.5 times longer than broad, strigose, trichomes dark-brown to black. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Calcareous mountain summits, ridges, and screes
Elevation: 1000-1500 m
Distribution
N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska.
Discussion
In view of intermediate forms in the Alaska Range, we have broadened the concept of Papaver mcconnellii to include P. denalii.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"lengthofleaf" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.