Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. It was first described by French botanist Viguier in 1814 who named it as poppy-like.
The species have attractive flowers and have two distinct ranges. A single species,
Meconopsis, is indigenous to England, Wales, Ireland, and the fringes of
Western Europe, although recent studies
suggest that it does not belong in the genus. Source
