Flora of North America species comparison

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Eschscholzia hypecoides

leafy stem poppy, San Benito poppy
Habit Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, sparsely pubescent.
Leaves

basal and cauline;

blade with ultimate lobes usually obtuse.
Inflorescences

cymose or 1-flowered;

buds nodding.
Flowers

receptacle turbinate, less than 1.5 mm broad, cup without spreading free rim;

calyx acute, pubescent;

petals yellow, sometimes with orange spot at base, 10-20 mm.
Capsules

3-7 cm.
Seeds

brown, spheric to ellipsoid, 1-1.3 mm, reticulate.
2n

= 12.

Eschscholzia hypecoides
Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat Grassy areas in woodland, chaparral
Elevation 500-1500 m (1600-4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Papaveraceae > Eschscholzia
Sibling taxa
E. caespitosa, E. californica, E. glyptosperma, E. lemmonii, E. lobbii, E. minutiflora, E. parishii, E. ramosa, E. rhombipetala
Synonyms E. caespitosa var. hypecoides
Name authority Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 408. (1835)
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