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Meconopsis gakyidiana is a Himalayan blue poppy, the national flower of Bhutan, grown mainly in cool, high-altitude gardens. It needs cool summers, moist but well-drained soil, and partial shade to thrive.
Meconopsis gakyidiana (ཚེར་སྔོན་མེ་ཏོག in Dzongkha) is a species of blue poppy native to eastern Bhutan, western Arunachal Pradesh and southern Tibet. It is the national flower of Bhutan.
Meconopsis gakyidiana is currently distributed across eastern Bhutan, western Arunachal Pradesh in India, and southern Xizang (Tibet), from 3,700–4,300 m in elevation. It grows in the open shrubberies, lush pastures, beside rubble walls in grazing grounds, rarely on the sunny edge of sub-alpine forests, gregariously growing together with shrubs and other tall herbs.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
