View source for Arctomecon californica

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|accepted_name=Arctomecon californica
|accepted_authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.,
|place=312. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Golden bearclaw-poppy
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Arctomecon;Arctomecon californica
|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 californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant architecture;plant some measurement"><b>Plants </b>subscapose, to 6 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf some measurement"><b>Leaves </b>3-20 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade shape;blade width;blade pubescence;blade pubescence">blade shallowly to deeply 3-7-lobed distally, 5 cm wide distally, copiously long-pilose, sometimes also minutely hirsute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence pubescence;inflorescence pubescence"><b>Inflorescences </b>3-20-flowered, branching, glabrous throughout or long-pilose proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bud pubescence">buds glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="sepal pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="petal duration;petal quantity;petal depth;petal coloration;petal some measurement">petals caducous, 6, deep yellow, 2.5-4 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament shape">filaments not dilated distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="style presence">style absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties=""><b>Capsules </b>persistent, obconic, 1-2.5 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 shales that are heavily gypsiferous or otherwise chemically unusual (borate-bearing, lithium-bearing), creosote bush zone
|elevation=500-1000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Nev.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Arctomecon californica is found in mostly small populations ranging from the vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada, eastward to extreme northwestern Arizona near Lake Mead. It is known otherwise only from a single collection in Washington County, Utah.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Arctomecon californica
|author=
|authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|phenology=Flowering mid spring; fruiting early summer.
|habitat=Barren shales that are heavily gypsiferous or otherwise chemically unusual (borate-bearing, lithium-bearing), creosote bush zone
|elevation=500-1000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Nev.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.,
|publication year=1845
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Arctomecon
|species=Arctomecon californica
|2n chromosome quantity=24
|blade pubescence=hirsute;long-pilose
|blade shape=3-7-lobed
|blade width=5
|bud pubescence=glabrous
|capsule dehiscence=not dehiscing
|capsule duration=persistent
|capsule length=/4;1
|capsule shape=obconic
|capsule some measurement=1cm;2.5cm
|filament shape=dilated
|inflorescence architecture=branching;3-20-flowered
|inflorescence pubescence=long-pilose;glabrous
|leaf some measurement=3cm;20cm
|petal coloration=yellow
|petal depth=deep
|petal duration=caducous
|petal quantity=6
|petal some measurement=2.5cm;4cm
|plant architecture=subscapose
|plant some measurement=0dm;6dm
|sepal pubescence=glabrous
|style presence=absent
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