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|accepted_name=Romneya
|accepted_authority=Harvey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=London J. Bot.
|place=4: 74. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Matilija-poppy
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Romneya
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Romneya]]</div></div>
|etymology=for Rev. T. Romney Robinson, 1792-1882, Irish astronomer at Armagh and friend of Thomas Coulter, botanist at Dublin
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, large, glaucous, from creeping rhizomes; sap clear. <b>Stems</b> herbaceous above base, branching, leafy, sparsely pilose or glabrate. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, petiolate; blade gray-green, 1-2× pinnately deeply lobed; primary lobes 3-5, lanceolate or ovate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, 1-flowered; bracts present. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 3, distinct; petals 6, white, obovate, crinkled; stamens many; anthers yellow; pistil 7-12-carpellate; ovary oblong to ovoid, 1-locular or incompletely to completely multilocular by placental intrusion; style absent; stigmas 7-12, flattened, coherent proximally, radiate-ascending, velvety. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, oblong to ovoid, bristly, dehiscing from apex. <b>Seeds</b> many, ovoid, 1.3-1.5 mm, aril absent. <b>x</b> = 19.</span><!--

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|distribution=California and nw Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Both species of Romneya, closely related and sometimes merged, are cultivated widely in warm regions for their showy, white flowers, which are the largest in the family.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Calyx glabrous; seeds papillose; petals 6–10 cm; leaves 5–20 cm.
|[[Romneya coulteri|Romneya coulteri]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Calyx appressed-pubescent; seeds smooth; petals 4–8 cm; leaves 3–10 cm.
|[[Romneya trichocalyx|Romneya trichocalyx]]
|}
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name=Romneya
|author=
|authority=Harvey
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=California and nw Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=London J. Bot.
|publication year=1845
|special status=
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|genus=Romneya
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