Fr: pavot de glace, pavot arctique
Provincial Status: LiNe
Range: Eurasian arctic-alpine; introd. in nLab., Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and ephemeral in nwNfld.
[=Papaver alpinum L. var. croceum (Ledeb.) Ledeb.]
[=Papaver alpinum L. var. leucanthemum Trautv.]
[=Papaver angrenicum Pazij]
[=Papaver croceum Ledeb. (basionym)]
[=Papaver croceum Ledeb. subsp. altaicum Serg.]
[=Papaver croceum Ledeb. subsp. corydalifolium (Fedde) Tolm.]
[=Papaver croceum Ledeb. var. glabrifolium Serg.]
[=Papaver croceum Ledeb. var. glabrum Serg.]
[=Papaver croceum Ledeb. var. hirsutum Serg.]
[=Papaver croceum Ledeb. var. pilosum Serg.]
[=Papaver himalaycum Cretz.]
[=Papaver ledebourianum Lundstr. var. leucanthum (Trautv.) Peschkova]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. forma albiflorum Lundstr.]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. subsp. aurantiacum Fedde]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. subsp. corydalifolium (Fedde) N.Busch]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. var. corydalifolium Fedde]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. var. croceum (Ledeb.) Elkan]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. var. glabratum DC.]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. var. leucanthum Trautv.]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. var. subcorydalifolium Fedde]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. var. tenue (Regel) Fedde]
[=Papaver nudicaule L. var. trilobifolium Fedde]
[=Papaver pseudotenellum Grubov]
[Papaver croceum, now called Oreomecon crocea, is a garden escape, occasionally found in nwNfld. communities, particularly Ship Cove, Raleigh, & Griquet, nwNfld. Oreomecon crocea was also reported as introduced in Newfoundland from near St. Anthony (Rouleau & Lamoureux 1992). For more information on this change in genera, see this 2024 article in PhytoKeys (vol. 248:105-188) by A. Elvebakk and J.W.,Bjerke: Papaver recircumscribed: A review of neighbouring Papaveraceae genera, including Afropapaver nom. et stat. nov. and Oreomecon, a large, Arctic-Alpine genus. URL: