Papaveraceae FAMILY

Meconopsis aculeata

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The whole plant, but especially the root, is considered to be poisonous, it contains narcotic principles[ 211 Title Wild Flowers of Kashmir Publication Author Coventry. B. O. Publisher Raithby, Lawrence and Co. Year 1923 ISBN - Description A nice little pocket guide to 50 wildflowers of Kashmir. This is part one of three, we have not seen the other two volumes , 240 Title Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Publication Author Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Publisher Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Year 1986 ISBN - Description Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader. ].

Botanical Description

Meconopsis aculeata is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - W. Himalayas from Pakistan to Uttar Pradesh.

HabitatRocky slopes and damp rocks, 3000 - 4000 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]