Eschscholzia lemmonii |
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Lemmon's poppy |
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Habit | Plants annual, caulescent, erect or spreading, 5-30 cm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. | ||||
Leaves | basal and cauline; blade with ultimate lobes generally obtuse. |
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Inflorescences | cymose or 1-flowered; buds erect or nodding. |
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Flowers | receptacle turbinate, distally translucent and somewhat swollen, more than 1.5 mm broad, cup without spreading free rim; calyx acute, glabrous or pubescent; petals orange or deep yellow, 15-40 mm. |
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Capsules | 3-7 cm. |
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Seeds | brown, 1.3-1.8 mm, reticulate. |
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2n | = 12. |
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Eschscholzia lemmonii |
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Distribution |
w North America (Calif)
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | ||||
Parent taxa | Papaveraceae > Eschscholzia | ||||
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Name authority | Greene: W. Amer. Sci. 3: 157. (1887) | ||||
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