Rare Plant Field Guide

Table of Contents Home Introduction Acknowledgments Definitions Master Plant List USFS List BLM List Other Agencies Glossary References Plant Survey Form HELP! NDIS Home CNHP Home

Photo Copyright © 1999 by L. Yeatts Papaveraceae (Poppy Family) Synonym: Papaver lapponicum ssp. occidentale Look Alikes: P. croceum, an introduced plant persisting around old alpine mining townsites, has large bright orange petals. Flowering/Fruiting Period: Flowers late June-August. Habitat: Dry alpine tundra meadows, gravelly slopes, talus, scree, and fell-fields. Elev. 11,500-14,000 ft. Photo Copyright © 1999 by S. Spackman Distribution: Alaska to Greenland, south to New Mexico. In Colorado in Boulder, Chaffee, Clear Creek, El Paso, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Lake, Park and Summit Cos. References: Spackman et al. 1995; Welsh 1974; Welsh et al. 1993. Please send comments to: Colorado Natural Heritage Program 254 General Services Building, Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO 80523 · (970) 491-2992