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Forest Poppy

Hylomecon japonica

Forest Poppy
Photo: Hans Bernhard (Schnobby), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. & EC. China, Japan (Honshu)
Climate
temperate

About

Hylomecon japonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to China and Japan. It was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784 as Chelidonium japonicum.

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Forest Poppy · Hylomecon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hylomecon japonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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