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Papaver (radicatum)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com

Family Scientific Name: Papaveraceae
Family Common Name: Poppy family
Scientific Name: Papaver radicatum Rottb.
Common Name: Arctic poppy
Species Code: PAPRAD
General Distribution: P. radicatum is a circumpolar species found from Alaska east to the Northwest Territories and south to Alberta and through the Rocky mountains to New Mexico at high elevations.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds exhibit morpho-physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 19 to 23 C.
References: Olson, A. R. and Richards, J. H. (1979). Temperature responses of germination in arctic poppy (Papaver radicatum Rottb). seeds. Arctic Alpine Res. 11, 343-348.
Table 10.33 In: Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Citation:

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Papaver radicatum Rottb. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/02). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.