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Papaver macounii
Pittonia 3: 247. 1897.
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Plants loosely cespitose, with persistent leaf bases. Leaves: petiole to 3/4 length of leaf; blade lanceolate, 1-2×-lobed; primary lobes generally lanceolate, sometimes strap-shaped, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences: scapes erect. Capsules more than 4 times longer than broad.
Distribution
N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, Russia.
Discussion
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Plants robust; persistent leaf bases numerous, firm, acuminate; leaf blades green on both surfaces, hispid. | Papaver macounii subsp. macounii |
| 1 | Plants slender; persistent leaf bases few, flexible, lanceolate; leaf blades light green or glaucous abaxially, dark green adaxially, glabrate to densely pilose. | Papaver macounii subsp. discolor |