Flora of North America species comparison

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Eschscholzia hypecoides

Eschscholzia ramosa

leafy stem poppy, San Benito poppy

Channel Island poppy, Channel Islands poppy, island-poppy
Habit Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, sparsely pubescent. Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous.
Leaves

basal and cauline;

blade with ultimate lobes usually obtuse.

basal and cauline;

blade glabrous; ultimate lobes elongate, obtuse.
Inflorescences

cymose or 1-flowered;

buds nodding.

cymose or 1-flowered;

buds erect, blunt or rounded short-acuminate, tip less than 1/4 length of bud.
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.

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

3-7 cm.

4-7 cm.
Seeds

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

brown, ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 mm, reticulate.
2n

= 12.

= 24.

Eschscholzia hypecoides

Eschscholzia ramosa
Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–May). Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
Habitat Grassy areas in woodland, chaparral Open places, especially in chaparral
Elevation 500-1500 m (1600-4900 ft) 0-300 m (0-1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; Mexico
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Discussion

Within the flora area, Eschscholzia ramosa is known only from the California Channel Islands.

(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. glyptosperma, 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. parishii, E. rhombipetala
Synonyms E. caespitosa var. hypecoides E. elegans var. ramosa
Name authority Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 408. (1835) (Greene) Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 217. (1886)
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