Oreomecon anomala is a poppy found in Mongolia, Korea, China and Far East of Russia (Primorsky krai). It grows on dry meadow slopes, in river valleys, sometimes on deposits and dumps. Blooms in May–September.
Description A perennial low-growing herbaceous plant. Leaves are all long-petioled, grayish-green from above, covered with sparse hairs; from below they are completely grayish-blue, with sparse bristles and visible veins. Stems are straight, strongly elongate, covered with very sparse rusty-yellow hairs, reaching 30–40 cm in length. Flowers are about 3–4 cm in diameter. The petals are round, white to orange, about 2 cm in diameter, with a slightly wavy-silvery edge. The pistils are saber-shaped, blackening, and the stamens are linear, orange. The fruits are distinctly globular, smooth, distinctly ribbed, about 1 cm in diameter.
Taxonomy Oreomecon anomala was given the name Papaver anomalum by Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde and scientifically described in 1909. It was described as a subspecies of Papaver nudicaule in 1985 by Vladimir Nikolaevich Voroschilov. It was moved to the new genus Oreomecon in 2021 by Enrico Augusto Banfi, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Jean-Marc Tison, and Gabriele Galasso. The resulting name of Oreomecon anomala is the accepted name according to Plants of the World Online, World Flora Online, and World Plants. It has eleven synonyms.
Table of Synonyms Name Year Rank Notes Papaver alpinum lusus chinense 1862 sport = het. Papaver anomalum 1909 species ≡ hom. Papaver anomalum var. chinense 1970 variety = het. Papaver borealisinense 1973 species = het. Papaver chinense 1954 species = het. Papaver croceum subsp. chinense 1974 subspecies = het. Papaver nudicaule subsp. anomalum 1985 subspecies ≡ hom. Papaver nudicaule subsp. chinense 1913 subspecies = het. Papaver nudicaule var. chinense 1909 variety = het. Papaver nudicaule var. isopyroides 1909 variety = het. Papaver nudicaule var. pleiopetalum 2009 variety = het. Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym
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