Meconopsis aculeata

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Read about Meconopsis aculeata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Meconopsis aculeata, Royle. Probably perennial, somewhat glaucous, sparsely hispid-aculeate (with short scattered prickles), 1-2 ft., leafy: lvs. remotely irregularly pinnatifid, oblong or lanceolate in outline, segms. broad and variously lobed and obtuse or acute, mostly prickly: fls. slender-pedicelled, 2-3 in. across, blue-purple; petals broadly obovate or obcuneate rotundate: caps, broadly obconic, obovate or oblong, prickly and bristly and at length becoming glabrous. W. Himalaya, at high altitudes (10,000-15,000 ft,). B.M. 5456. G.C. III. 46:90, 91. Gn. 65, p. 384; 75, p. 226. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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