| Scientific Name: | Oreomecon nudicaulis |
| Common Name: | Icelandic poppy, arctic poppy |
| Family Name: | Papaveraceae |
| Origin: | Canada - northern |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Small garden/space, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Obovate, Spatulate, Cleft (parted) |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Red, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mostly basal (some smaller ones alternate up the peduncle), obovate to spoon-shaped, most 5-15cm long x 1-2cm wide; margins lobed to incised, very hairy, with 3-4 narrow, pointed lobes, blue-green; flowers with four large overlapping petals. | |