Tufted Poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa

Summary 3

Eschscholzia caespitosa is a species of poppy known by the common names tufted poppy and collarless California poppy.

Description 4

Plants annual, caulescent, erect, tufted, 5-30 cm, glabrous, sometimes slightly glaucous. Leaves basal and cauline; blade with ultimate lobes short (giving compact appearance), obtuse or acute. Inflorescences cymose or 1-flowered; buds erect, apiculate-acuminate, tip usually more than 1/4 length of bud. Flowers: receptacle obconic, less than 2.5 mm broad, cup without spreading free rim; calyx apiculate, glabrous; petals yellow, sometimes with orange spot at base, 10-25 mm. Capsules 4-8 cm. Seeds brown to black, ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.5-2.4 mm, reticulate. 2 n = 12.

Summary 5

Eschscholzia caespitosa is a species of poppy known by the common names tufted poppy and collarless California poppy.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Dinesh Valke, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/91314344@N00/2561051742
  2. (c) Dan and Raymond, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/nativeorchids/2537127869/
  3. Adaptado por Gabby Padilla del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia_caespitosa
  4. (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/5007791
  5. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschscholzia_caespitosa

Más información

NaturaLista Mapa

Color orange/yellow
Shape tufted
Size small
Leaves spindly