Eschscholzia glyptosperma

Eschscholzia glyptosperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Eschscholzia
Species:	E. glyptosperma
Binomial name
	Eschscholzia glyptosperma; Greene

Eschscholzia glyptosperma is a species of poppy known by the common names desert gold poppy, desert golden poppy, and Mojave poppy.^[1]

It is native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Deserts of the Southwestern United States, in California, southern Nevada, western Arizona, and southwestern Utah. It is found in desert washes, flats, and slopes, at elevations of 30–1,600 metres (98–5,249 ft).

Distribution

Eschscholzia glyptosperma is an annual herb growing from a basal patch of leaves divided into pointed segments.

It produces erect stems up to about 25 centimeters (10 in) in height, each bearing a single flower. The poppy flower is bright yellow, with petals one to two and a half centimeters long. It blooms from March to May.

The fruit is a capsule 4 to 7 centimeters long filled with tiny rounded brown seeds.^[2]^[3]

E. glyptosperma, near Las Vegas, Nevada

References

External links

This Papaveraceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Desert Poppy_(Eschscholzia glyptosperma)_birdandhike.com".

[2] "Eschscholzia glyptosperma_Desert Poppy_Discove Life".

[3] "Eschscholzia glyptosperma_Desert Golden-poppy_EOL".

[1]

[2]

[3]