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Lemmon's poppy

Habit Plants annual, caulescent, erect or spreading, 5-30 cm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent.
Leaves

basal and cauline;

blade with ultimate lobes generally obtuse.

Inflorescences

cymose or 1-flowered;

buds erect or nodding.

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.

Capsules

3-7 cm.

Seeds

brown, 1.3-1.8 mm, reticulate.

2n

= 12.

Eschscholzia lemmonii

Distribution
from USDA
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.)

Key
1. Plants spreading or erect; flower buds nodding; calyx generally pubescent.
subsp. lemmonii
1. Plants erect; flower buds generally erect; calyx glabrous.
subsp. kernensis
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Papaveraceae > Eschscholzia
Sibling taxa
E. caespitosa, E. californica, E. glyptosperma, E. hypecoides, E. lobbii, E. minutiflora, E. parishii, E. ramosa, E. rhombipetala
Subordinate taxa
E. lemmonii subsp. kernensis, E. lemmonii subsp. lemmonii
Name authority Greene: W. Amer. Sci. 3: 157. (1887)
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