Meconopsis robusta
Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 253. 1855 & in Fl. Brit.
India 1: 119. 1872.
Herbs, monocarpic; stems 1 - 2 m long, leafy, stout, fistular, sparsely clothed with
patent ferruginous or yellowish-brown 5 - 6 mm long bristles or with their persistent
bases. Leaves imperfectly 1 - 2-pinnatifid to pinnatipartite, often uppermost entire,
sparsely bristly; segments ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse at apex; basal leaves
on 10 - 15 mm long petioles; upper ones sessile. Flowers solitary on 5 - 20 cm long
pedicels, in axillary or terminal leafy racemes. Sepals broadly ovate-oblong, 1.5 - 2 cm
long, bristly. Petals 4, obovate, yellow to sulphur yellow. Filaments 10 -
15 mm long,
filiform. Ovary ellipsoid or oblong, bristly; styles 2 -
10 mm long; stigmas capitate, 6 - 9-lobed. Capsules obovoid-oblong or ellipsoid, dehiscing by 6 - 9 valves, 2 - 3 cm long;
seeds subreniform, papillose.
Fl. & Fr. July - Oct.
Distrib. India: N.W . Himalayas, 2400 - 4000 m. Uttar Pradesh.
Endemic to Garhwal Himalayas.
Notes. Chromosome no. 2n = 28 (Sugiura in Cytologia 13: 352 - 359. 1944).
Fl. & Fr. July - Oct.
Distrib. India: N.W . Himalayas, 2400 - 4000 m. Uttar Pradesh.
Endemic to Garhwal Himalayas.
Notes. Chromosome no. 2n = 28 (Sugiura in Cytologia 13: 352 - 359. 1944).
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