Cloud Poppies: a tale of botanical resurrection

A Papaveraceae Nebulosa in bloom. Image created with Microsoft Designer IC for illustrative purposes only.

From the Encyclopedia Nubica 📚

cloud poppy

Papaveraceae Nebulosa

Plant

Cloud poppy, a distinctive member of the Papaveris Invernalium (Mongolian snow poppy), belonging to the genus Papaver Somniferum. Grows in the Sub-Nubean region at an altitude of 19 856 feet as a revived species, once extinct on earth, thriving in the exceptionally mineral-rich soil. It stands as a testament to nature’s ingenuity, untouched by human interference, which elevates its status beyond many other common poppy varieties.

Physical description

Lobed silver green or dark blue leaves and milky sap of a yellowish color. The buds sprout from solitary stalks in pairs of two or three. The flowers have three to five petals that encapsulate the globular ovary and seed pods. A perennial plant, it bears 10-cm — (3-inch -) snow-white flowers on plants that can reach 1.2 to 1.8 feet (4 to 6 feet) depending on the weather conditions. Resembles the Arctomecon (bear poppy) in color, and the long-headed corn poppy (P. dubium, a hybrid species with smaller, narrower blooms than the corn poppy), in form.

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