Flora of North America species comparison

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Eschscholzia ramosa

Eschscholzia lemmonii

Channel Island poppy, Channel Islands poppy, island-poppy

Lemmon's poppy
Habit Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Plants annual, caulescent, erect or spreading, 5-30 cm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent.
Leaves

basal and cauline;

blade glabrous; ultimate lobes elongate, obtuse.

basal and cauline;

blade with ultimate lobes generally 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 erect or 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, 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

4-7 cm.

3-7 cm.
Seeds

brown, ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 mm, reticulate.

brown, 1.3-1.8 mm, reticulate.
2n

= 24.

= 12.

Eschscholzia ramosa

Eschscholzia lemmonii
Phenology Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
Habitat Open places, especially in chaparral
Elevation 0-300 m (0-1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico
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from USDA
w North America (Calif)
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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.)

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. 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. hypecoides, E. lobbii, E. minutiflora, E. parishii, E. ramosa, E. rhombipetala
Subordinate taxa
E. lemmonii subsp. kernensis, E. lemmonii subsp. lemmonii
Synonyms E. elegans var. ramosa
Name authority (Greene) Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 217. (1886) Greene: W. Amer. Sci. 3: 157. (1887)
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