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| |species=palmatum | | |species=palmatum |
| |common_name=Japanese Wood Poppy | | |common_name=Japanese Wood Poppy |
− | |habit=shrub | + | |habit=herbaceous |
| |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |Min ht box=18 | | |Min ht box=18 |
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| [http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsuyu/plants/gla_pal.html Japanese Wood Poppy]</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4974 ''Glaucidium'']</ref> | | [http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsuyu/plants/gla_pal.html Japanese Wood Poppy]</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4974 ''Glaucidium'']</ref> |
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− | It is a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 40 cm tall with a rigid stem with two large (20 cm diameter) palmately lobed [[leaf|leaves]] at the top and small membraneous leaves lower on the stem. The [[flower]] is produced singly at the top of the stem, 8 cm diameter, with four pink to pale purple (rarely white) petaloid sepals, numerous stamens and two carpels. The [[fruit]] is a cluster of [[follicle (fruit)|follicles]].<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref> | + | It is a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 40 cm tall with a rigid stem with two large (20 cm diameter) palmately lobed [[leaf|leaves]] at the top and small membraneous leaves lower on the stem. The [[flower]] is produced singly at the top of the stem, 8 cm diameter, with four pink to pale purple (rarely white) petaloid sepals, numerous stamens and two carpels. The [[fruit]] is a cluster of [[follicle (fruit)|follicles]].<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref> |
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| It is sometimes placed in its own family Glaucidiaceae, or in the family [[Paeoniaceae]].<ref name=grin/> | | It is sometimes placed in its own family Glaucidiaceae, or in the family [[Paeoniaceae]].<ref name=grin/> |