Meconopsis betonicifolia Franchet, Pl. Delav.1: 42, t. 12. 1889; Debnath & Nayar in fasc Fl.lndia 17: 14, f. 3. 1984.

Herbs, monocarpic or polycarpic; stems glabrous or scattered rufous hairy, 1 - 1.5 m tall; rootstocks short, clothed with dark brown bristly membranous leaf-sheaths. Leaves oblong to elongate, truncate or auriculate at base, subacute, obtuse or rounded at apex, incised or crenate along margins, sometimes coarsely or irregularly serrate or even lobed, 10 - 15 x 5 - 7 cm; basal cauline leaves on ca 20 cm long sheathed petiole; upper cauline leaves sessile. Flowers ca 6 cm in diam., on 25 - 30 cm long axillary pedicels. Petals 4 - 6, blue-violet, purple, broadly ovate, slightly sinuate-lobed, ca 5 x 5 em. Filaments white, anthers deep yellow. Ovary ellipsoid, oblong, covered by rufous bristles; styles green, ca 1 cm long; stigmas green, 4 - 7-lobed. Capsules oblong to oblong-ellipsoid, splitting by 4 - 7 valves; seeds reniform with longitudinal rows of shallow pits.

Fl. & Fr. July - Sept.

Distrib. India: E. Himalayas from 3000 - 4000 m. Arunachal Pradesh.

Myanmar and China.