Meconopsis villosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Genus: | Meconopsis |
Species: | M. villosa |
Binomial name | |
Meconopsis villosa (Hook.f. ex Hook.) G.Taylor |
Meconopsis villosa (Himalayan woodland-poppy; syn. Cathcartia villosa Hook.f. ex Hook.) is an ornamental poppy, which is native of Nepal. The species was placed in the genus Cathcartia erected by J.D. Hooker to honour J.F.Cathcart, an Indian civil servant and amateur botanist who collected and hired native artists to illustrate the flowers of the Himalayas.