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Eschscholzia elegans

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Name

Identification
Eschscholzia elegans Greene [family PAPAVERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Greene, E. L., 1885
Related name
  • Eschscholtzia ramosa
  • Eschscholzia elegans
  • Eschscholzia mexicana
Common name
  • Island-poppy, Flora of North America Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Eschscholzia ramosa (Greene) Greene [family PAPAVERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Eschscholzia ramosa (Greene) Greene [family PAPAVERACEAE], Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 13: 217. 1886
Eschscholzia elegans Greene var. ramosa Greene [family PAPAVERACEAE], Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci., 1: 182. 1885
Information
Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Leaves basal and cauline; blade glabrous; ultimate lobes elongate, obtuse. Inflorescences cymose or 1-flowered; buds erect, blunt or rounded short-acuminate, tip less than 1/4 length of bud. Flowers: receptacle obconic, less than 2.5 cm broad, cup without spreading free rim; calyx acuminate, glabrous; petals yellow, sometimes with orange spot at base, 5-20 mm. Capsules 4-7 cm. Seeds brown, ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 mm, reticulate. 2n = 24.
Phenology
Flowering spring (Apr-Jun)
Altitude range
0-300 m
Distribution
Mexico.USA Calif.
Discussion
Within the flora area, Eschscholzia ramosa is known only from the California Channel Islands.

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