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Channel Island poppy, Channel Islands poppy, island-poppy

leafy stem poppy, San Benito poppy

Habit Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, sparsely pubescent.
Leaves

basal and cauline;

blade glabrous; ultimate lobes elongate, obtuse.

basal and cauline;

blade with ultimate lobes usually obtuse.

Inflorescences

cymose or 1-flowered;

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

cymose or 1-flowered;

buds nodding.

Flowers

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.

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

4-7 cm.

3-7 cm.

Seeds

brown, ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 mm, reticulate.

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

2n

= 24.

= 12.

Eschscholzia ramosa

Eschscholzia hypecoides

Phenology Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat Open places, especially in chaparral Grassy areas in woodland, chaparral
Elevation 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) 500-1500 m (1600-4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico
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from FNA
CA
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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. hypecoides, E. lemmonii, E. lobbii, E. minutiflora, E. parishii, E. rhombipetala
E. caespitosa, E. californica, E. glyptosperma, E. lemmonii, E. lobbii, E. minutiflora, E. parishii, E. ramosa, E. rhombipetala
Synonyms E. elegans var. ramosa E. caespitosa var. hypecoides
Name authority (Greene) Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 217. (1886) Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 408. (1835)
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