Papaver corona-sancti-stephani, Zapal.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 250

22. P. corona-sancti-stephani Zapal. , Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Polsk. Akad. Urn. (Biol.) ser. 3, 11 B: 444 (1911)

( P. alpinum L. subsp. corona-sancti-stephani (Zapal.) Borza ).

Subglabrous. Leafbases forming a loose tunic. Leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, glabrous, rather glaucous, with 3-4 pairs of elliptic to narrowly obovate segments l-2(-4) mm wide, with short (c. 1 mm) terminal seta. Pedicel up to 12 cm, sparsely to fairly densely appressed-hispid, sometimes patent-hispid below. Petals up to 15 mm, yellow. Capsule 7-1 0x4-5 mm, obovoid. Stigmatic disc pyramidal; rays decurrent for at least | the length of the ovary. • E. & S. Carpathians. Rm. The following taxa are closely related to 22: P. alpinum subsp. tatricum A. Nyârâdy , Acta Geobot. Hung. 5:19 (1942), from the W. Carpathians (? and Alps) with white petals, lanceolate leaf-segments, and obovoid-ellipsoid capsule c. 11 mm. P. pyrenaicum subsp. degenii Urum. and Jâv. , Magyar Bot. Lapok 19: 33 (1920) from S.W. Bulgaria (? and C. Italy) with somewhat smaller yellow or orange petals, lanceolate leaf-segments and more or less ellipsoid capsule c. 12 mm.