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Eschscholzia glyptosperma

Eschscholzia parishii

desert gold poppy, desert goldenpoppy, desert poppy, Mojave poppy

Parish's poppy, pygmy poppy
Habit Plants annual, scapose, erect, 5-25 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm.
Leaves

basal;

blade with ultimate lobes acute.

basal and cauline;

blade bright green or yellow-green, glabrous; ultimate lobes obtuse except terminal one slender, acute.
Inflorescences

1-flowered;

buds nodding or sometimes erect.

cymose or 1-flowered;

buds nodding.
Flowers

receptacle conic, cup without spreading free rim;

calyx acuminate, glabrous, sometimes glaucous;

petals yellow, (10-)12-25 mm.

receptacle obconic, cup without spreading free rim;

calyx apiculate, glabrous, sometimes glaucous;

petals yellow, 15-30 mm.
Capsules

4-7 cm.

5-7 cm.
Seeds

tan to brown, spheric, 1.2-1.8 mm, minutely pitted.

tan to brown, spheric to ellipsoid, 1-1.4 mm, reticulate.
2n

= 14.

= 12.

Eschscholzia glyptosperma

Eschscholzia parishii
Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–May). Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat Desert washes, flats, slopes Desert slopes, hillsides
Elevation 50-1500 m (200-4900 ft) 0-1200 m (0-3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California and Sonora)
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Discussion

Eschscholzia glyptosperma is known from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Plants of the El Paso and Rand mountains in the western Mojave Desert that have been referred to this species are Eschscholzia minutiflora.

The Kawaiisu used Eschscholzia parishii medicinally to treat venereal sores, gonorrhea, and syphilis (D. E. Moerman 1986).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Papaveraceae > Eschscholzia Papaveraceae > Eschscholzia
Sibling taxa
E. caespitosa, E. californica, E. hypecoides, E. lemmonii, E. lobbii, E. minutiflora, E. parishii, E. ramosa, E. rhombipetala
E. caespitosa, E. californica, E. glyptosperma, E. hypecoides, E. lemmonii, E. lobbii, E. minutiflora, E. ramosa, E. rhombipetala
Name authority Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 70. (1885) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 183. (1885)
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