Macleaya microcarpa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Chelidonieae
Genus: Macleaya
Species: Macleaya microcarpa
Name

Macleaya microcarpa (Maxim.) Fedde, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36(Beibl. 82): 45. 1905.

Synonyms

Basionym
Bocconia microcarpa Maxim., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 11: 45. 1889.

Hybrids

Macleaya × kewensis Turrill

References

'eFloras 2008. Macleaya microcarpa in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Fedde, F.K.G. (1905) Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36(Beibl. 82): 45.

Vernacular names
suomi: Pronssihuisku-unikko
svenska: Kinesisk vippvallmo

Macleaya microcarpa is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is a vigorous, substantial herbaceous perennial growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 1 m (3 ft) or more wide, with grey-green felted leaves and loose panicles of buff flowers in midsummer.[1]
Etymology

The name Macleaya commemorates Alexander Macleay (1767-1848), a Scottish/Australian entomologist.[2] The specific epithet microcarpa means "small fruit".[3] Plants of the genus Macleaya are commonly called plume poppies.
Cultivation

Macleaya microcarpa is an imposing architectural plant which self-seeds readily, and may become a nuisance in a garden setting.[4] It is popular as a subject for flower arranging. The cultivar 'Kelway's Coral Plume',[5] with pink-tinged flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]
References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names. USA: Timber Press. pp. 312. ISBN 9781604691962.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/macleaya-microcarpa-kelways-coral-plume
"RHS Plant Selector - Macleaya microcarpa 'Kelway's Coral Plume". Retrieved 27 December 2020.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 62. Retrieved 25 March 2018.