Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Eschscholzia Cham. in Nees von Essenbeck, Horae Phys. Berol. [Nees] 73-74, T. XV (1820)
Vernacular Name(s):
californian poppy; Eschscholzia
Description
Annual to perennial herbs with watery sap. Lvs dissected, glabrous, glaucous; segments linear. Fls solitary or in lax leafy cymes. Sepals 2, entire, not horned, joined in the bud to form a hood pushed off by the opening petals. Petals 4, not crumpled in bud, orange to yellow, sometimes white or red. Stigma with 4–6 long spreading lobes; style very short. Capsule linear, 1-celled, opening from below by 2 valves which separate from the placentae. Seeds ellipsoid or circular, without aril.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Nees von Essenbeck, C.G.D. (ed.) 1820: Horae Physicae Berolinenses. Adolphi Marcus, Bonn.
