- Eomecon chionantha
Taxobox
name = "Eomecon chionantha"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ranunculales
familia =Papaveraceae
genus = "Eomecon"
species = "E. chionantha"
binomial = "Eomecon chionantha"
binomial_authority =Hance "Eomecon chionantha", also known as the snow poppy or dawn poppy, is a poppy of woodlands in eastern
China , in particularGansu andSichuan provinces."E. chionantha" is a perennial developing from
rhizome s that often send outstolon s to considerable distances. The basal leaves are different from all other poppies, being large (10-15 cm across) and heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, each carried on its own stalk. The flowers are on branchingscape s up to 40 cm tall, each branch having a singlebract at its base. The flowers are 3-4 cm across, and consist of four white oval petals, with a cluster of bright yellow anthers in the center.In cultivation it proves quite hardy as long as it is shaded, with a habit of popping up new growth at some distance from the usual planting.
The misspelling "E. chionanthum" is often seen.
References
* Christopher Grey-Wilson, "Poppies" (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88192-503-9 pp. 53-55
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