Unique plants from Romania (Part 10)

The mountain yellow poppy (Papaver alpinum ssp. corona-sancti-stephani)

Plantae
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Papaverales
Papaveraceae
Papaver
Synonims: Papaver alpinum, Papaver alpinum corona-sancti-stephani, Papaver alpinum degenii, Papaver alpinum ernesti-mayeri, Papaver alpinum kerneri, Papaver alpinum rhaeticum, Papaver alpinum sendtneri, Papaver alpinum tatricum.


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Is a rare, vulnerable, endemic Romanian species of poppy (mountain yellow poppy) that grows only in Carpathian Mountains, on the highest peaks. Is a perennial plant, with flat leaves and bright yellow radial flowers.