The complete chloroplast genome of Prain 1894 (Papaveraceae), a high-altitude plant distributed on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau.

Prain 1894 () is a rare herb within the family Papaveraceae of which unique and gorgeous purple flowers are blooming in the flowering phase. In this study, we reported the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of , which was mainly distributed on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of was 153,073 bp in size and was characterized by a typical quadripartite structure consisting of a large single-copy (LSC) region of 83,562 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 178,33 bp and two identical inverted repeats (IR) regions of 25,839 bp. The genome contained 133 genes, including 88 protein-encoding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis based on the maximum-likelihood (ML) method showed that was closely related to and within the genus .