BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Papaver pygmaeum | Alpine Glacier Poppy 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Alpine glacier poppy is a native caespitose perennial that has a taproot
and sharp, ascending bristles.  It grows 1 to 4 inches (3-10 cm) tall,
and the leaves are 1 to 2 inches (2-5 cm) long.  The 0.5-inch (1 cm)
petals are orange-yellow.  The capsule is obconic or narrow obovoid and
about 0.5 inch (1-1.5 cm) long [5,8].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Alpine glacier poppy reproduces sexually from seed [3].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Alpine glacier poppy is an obligate calcicole.  It grows on exposed
talus slopes of high mountains.  It has been reported at 7,000 to 8,500
feet (2,260-2,740 m) in Montana [1,5,7,8,10].


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Alpine glacier poppy flowers in late July and August [5].

Related categories for Species: Papaver pygmaeum | Alpine Glacier Poppy