Welsh poppy
Meconopsis cambrica latin

One plant they took a liking to was the Welsh poppy.

It has a notable natural population of (Welsh poppy).

In gardens, Welsh poppies peer out in yellow clumps from beside stone walls.

On the other hand, the Welsh Poppy is sometimes considered a weed, albeit a handsome one, due to its vigorous self-seeding.

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On the other hand, the one European member of the genus, Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica), is simply a weed.

So the good news for any Meconopsis completists out there is that you can now eschew the undisciplined Welsh poppy with a clear conscience.

Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica)

Higher up on scree there are Welsh poppies and in damp crevices under rocks the rare Wilson's filmy fern.

Meconopsis cambrica, the Welsh poppy, is a perennial flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae.

Interestingly, Linnaeus originally lumped Welsh poppy in with the other poppies in the genus Papaver.

Other significant plants are the Twayblade orchid, helleborine orchid, sanicle, meadow saxifrage and the Welsh poppy.

Many cottage garden plants are useful: dog violets, hearts-ease, forget-me-nots, Welsh poppies, honesty and primroses will seed themselves and soften the formality of the roses.

Some of these plants, such as the Welsh poppy, the Strawberry Tree and the Lady's Slipper, were very common but had gone unnoticed or at least unrecorded.

In other words, Linnaeus was right all along (as he usually was), and the reason Welsh poppy and the blue poppies seem like chalk and cheese is because they are.

She had only just seen that Beuno had come and was sitting in the garden amongst the wild Welsh poppies and the camomile daisies and the pheasant feathers.

In my garden the yellow Welsh poppy,Meconopsis cambrica, Corydalia lutea, alkanet, the evening primrose,Oenothera perennis,Alchemilla mollis and forget-me-nots seed themselves freely around.

The party's colours are changed to yellow from the traditional green and red, and the party logo is changed from the 'triban' used since 1933 to a yellow Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica).

In Rossaa Wood to the west, savour the sight of mature oak, beech, willow and elm and seek out the colourful yellow blooms of the Welsh poppy growing on the grassy slopes.

A single species, Meconopsis cambrica (Welsh poppy), is indigenous to England, Wales, Ireland, and the fringes of Western Europe, although recent studies suggest that it does not belong in the genus.

But, recognising that this is a recipe for rioting in the streets, the researchers recommend that the Himalayan poppies stay where they are, and Welsh poppy finally goes where it started out, as Papaver cambricum.

Small euonymus, bergenias and Geranium phaeum 'Album' and Geranium macrorrhizum all got the thumbs up, as did minor thuglets such as Mark Bell's Welsh poppies and the yellow-flowered Corydalis lutea.

Well, Welsh poppy is what is known in botanical jargon as the “type” of Meconopsis, that is the plant on which the whole genus is founded, so technically it should stay put and all the blue poppies should become something else.

Welsh Office Minister David Jones will today [28 October] join service personnel with recent overseas experience to launch the Royal British Legion's Welsh Poppy Appeal at RAF Valley in Anglesey.

Allium murrayanum spring flowering bulb with pink/mauve blooms Allium orephilum a similar variety with deeper pink blooms Mecanopsis cambrica (Welsh Poppy) The clear yellow flower can prove to be very invasive if not carefully husbanded.

On the other hand, the one European member of the genus, Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica), is simply a weed.

Pseudopilosa, Meconopsis cambrica, P. sect.

Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica)

The party's colours are changed to yellow from the traditional green and red, and the party logo is changed from the 'triban' used since 1933 to a yellow Welsh poppy (Meconopsis cambrica).