Arctic Poppy Info (Papaver radicatum) This little guy is another
close relative of P. nudicale (the familiar Iceland Poppy), but it's
shorter (10 in/25 cm). The whole plant is covered with dark
brown or black hairs. The flowers are sulfur yellow and
1-1.75 in/2.5-4 cm across. The pod is oval and covered with
bristles. It likes to grow in the mountains, in the gravel
beds of dry rivers, or in rocky high plains and is found all around the
northern hemisphere, including northern Scotland, northern Canada, and
the Rocky Mountains. The blooms of this plant follow the sun,
and its latex is usually yellow, so it clearly has a lot of Sun influence. Top |