Cathcartia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to China, Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, and northern Myanmar. Chloroplast DNA evidence supports a split of Cathcartia from the blue poppy genus Meconopsis in an effort to resolve longstanding taxonomic difficulties in the Himalayan poppies.

Species

The following species are accepted:

  • Cathcartia chelidoniifolia (Bureau & Franch.) Grey-Wilson
  • Cathcartia oliveriana (Franch. ex Prain) Grey-Wilson
  • Cathcartia smithiana Hand.-Mazz.
  • Cathcartia villosa Hook.f.