BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Viguier (Welsh Poppy)
| Wildlife Gardening | Often grown as a wildflower but isn't really native over most of Britain. Can be hard to establish on chalky soils and very invasive on acid soils. It has a deep rootstock which is difficult to remove. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meconopsis cambrica | In bud | 22 April 2007 | Surrey | England | 6 |
| Meconopsis cambrica | Plant | 17 June 1974 | Mid-west Yorkshire | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Meconopsis cambrica may be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PLANTAE (plants) |
SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
PAPAVERACEAE (poppies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Meconopsis cambrica:
| (live) | live is parasitised by | Peronospora arborescens - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| (live) | live is parasitised by | Peronospora cristata - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| (live) | live is parasitised by | Erysiphe cruciferarum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) | 
|
Ing, B., 1990 | |
| leaf | leaf is mined by larva | Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) |
|
Robbins, R., 1990 |
Meconopsis cambrica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Ing, B., 1990 | An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews |
| Robbins, R., 1990 | A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands |
