Papaver lapeyrousianum

English: Sierra Nevada Poppy
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Español: Amapola de Sierra Nevada
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Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family
Flowering time: first fortnight of July to second week of August
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: 3200-3450m (Sierra Nevada) and 2000-3062m (Pyrenees)
Colour: orange
Habitat: rock slabs, scree, schists
Distribution: endemic of the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada and Pyrenees
Notes: A rare, delicate, endemic, endangered plant, threatened by extinction; main threats are grazing of ibex and tourism. On the ´Lista Roja de la Flora Vascular de Andalucía´. In Sierra Nevada it can be found close to the top of the Mulhacén, with 3478m the highest peak of the Iberian peninsula.




Related key words: Sierra Nevada, Mulhacén, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos