| Scientific Name: | Meconopsis betonicifolia |
| Common Name: | Himalayan blue poppy |
| Family Name: | Papaveraceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Glandular hairs, Elliptic, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal and alternate, blades mostly elliptic, toothed, up to 24cm long, petioles on basal leaves up to 15cm long, alternate leaves on flowering stems sessile; flowers blue, about 8cm wide with 4 petals. | |