Eschscholzia glyptosperma
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 70. 1885.
EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Plants annual, scapose, erect, 5-25 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Leaves basal; blade with ultimate lobes acute. Inflorescences 1-flowered; buds nodding or sometimes erect. Flowers: receptacle conic, cup without spreading free rim; calyx acuminate, glabrous, sometimes glaucous; petals yellow, (10-) 12-25 mm. Capsules 4-7 cm. Seeds tan to brown, spheric, 1.2-1.8 mm, minutely pitted. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat: Desert washes, flats, slopes
Elevation: 50-1500 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.
Discussion
Eschscholzia glyptosperma is known from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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perigynous +
absent +
petiolate +
cauline +
lobed +
absent +
acuminate +
dehiscing +
cylindric +
microscopic +
Present +
1-flowered +
alternate +
basal +
perigynous +
yellow +
distinct +
absent +
2 times number of sepals +
2-carpellate +
parietal +
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
1885 +
conic +
expanded +
free +
spreading +
sticky +
reticulate +
burlike +
many +
pitted +
spheric +
1-seeded +
calyptrate +
deciduous +
connate +
obovate +
leafy +
2;many +
spreading +
4;8 +
absent +
Eschscholzia glyptosperma +
Eschscholzia +
species +
acute +
narrow +
scapose +
annual +
small +