View source for Arctomecon merriamii

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|accepted_name=Arctomecon merriamii
|accepted_authority=Coville
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
|place=7: 66. 1892
|year=1892
}}
|common_names=Great bearclaw-poppy
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Arctomecon;Arctomecon merriamii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arctomecon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Arctomecon merriamii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant architecture;plant some measurement"><b>Plants </b>scapose, to 4 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf some measurement"><b>Leaves </b>4-12 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade width;blade pubescence">blade nearly unlobed to shallowly 3-7-lobed distally, to 3.5 cm wide distally, copiously long-pilose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence pubescence"><b>Inflorescences </b>1 (-6) -flowered, simple, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bud pubescence">buds long-pilose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sepal pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals copiously long-pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="petal duration;petal quantity;petal coloration;petal some measurement">petals caducous, 6, white, 2.5-4 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament shape">filaments dilated distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="style some measurement">style 1-1.5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties=""><b>Capsules </b>persistent, oblanceoloid, 2.5-4 cm, dehiscing not more than 1/4 length.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="capsule duration;capsule shape;capsule some measurement;capsule dehiscence;capsule length;capsule length;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid spring; fruiting early summer.
|habitat=Barren, calcareous, scree slopes and weakly gypsiferous shales interbedded with marine limestones, creosote bush and blackbrush zones
|elevation=600-1700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Arctomecon merriamii is found in small populations at scattered stations from Death Valley in southeastern California to the Meadow Valley Wash of southeastern Nevada.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Arctomecon merriamii
|author=
|authority=Coville
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|phenology=Flowering mid spring; fruiting early summer.
|habitat=Barren, calcareous, scree slopes and weakly gypsiferous shales interbedded with marine limestones, creosote bush and blackbrush zones
|elevation=600-1700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
|publication year=1892
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Arctomecon
|species=Arctomecon merriamii
|2n chromosome quantity=24
|blade pubescence=long-pilose
|blade shape=nearly unlobed;shallowly 3-7-lobed
|blade width=0cm;3.5cm
|bud pubescence=long-pilose
|capsule dehiscence=not dehiscing
|capsule duration=persistent
|capsule length=/4;1
|capsule shape=oblanceoloid
|capsule some measurement=2.5cm;4cm
|filament shape=dilated
|inflorescence architecture=simple;1(-6)-flowered
|inflorescence pubescence=glabrous
|leaf some measurement=4cm;12cm
|petal coloration=white
|petal duration=caducous
|petal quantity=6
|petal some measurement=2.5cm;4cm
|plant architecture=scapose
|plant some measurement=0dm;4dm
|sepal pubescence=long-pilose
|style some measurement=1mm;1.5mm
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