Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Meconopsis cambrica

ζ*Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Viguier

ζ*Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Viguier ζ*, Welsh poppy, has been collected once, from a roadside bank in Dunedin. Perennial; lvs pinnate; leaflets pinnatifid, glaucous beneath; fls on long peduncles; petals 4, yellow or orange, 2-3 cm long; stigma capitate, shortly stalked; capsule glabrous, narrowly obovate, c. 2 cm long, opening by 4-6 valves. (W. Europe, 1979).

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