Eschscholzia lemmonii

Greene

W. Amer. Sci. 3: 157. 1887.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Revision as of 17:19, 18 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants annual, caulescent, erect or spreading, 5-30 cm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaves basal and cauline; blade with ultimate lobes generally obtuse. Inflorescences cymose or 1-flowered; buds erect or nodding. Flowers: 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 3-7 cm. Seeds brown, 1.3-1.8 mm, reticulate. 2n = 12.

Distribution

w North America (Calif.).

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Plants spreading or erect; flower buds nodding; calyx generally pubescent. Eschscholzia lemmonii subsp. lemmonii
1 Plants erect; flower buds generally erect; calyx glabrous. Eschscholzia lemmonii subsp. kernensis