Oreomecon alpina

Oreomecon alpina, also known by its older name Papaver alpinum and called the Alpine poppy or dwarf poppy, is a small poppy of the Alps. It is a short, upright, hairy perennial whose leaves all grow from the base of the plant. The flowering stems rise about 5 to 25 centimeters, and each carries a radially symmetric, hermaphroditic flower 2 to 5 centimeters across. The petals are usually white to yellow but can range to orange or red, and the plant blooms in July and August. A strong taproot with upward-angled root hairs anchors it in loose mountain ground, which also makes it a good rockery plant. Linnaeus named it Papaver alpinum in 1753, and a 2021 revision by Banfi, Bartolucci, Tison and Galasso moved it into the genus Oreomecon. How broadly the species is drawn varies between authorities, and Plants of the World Online accepts three subspecies. Its tissues contain the alkaloids amurensine and amurensinine.