Eschscholzia ramosa
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13: 217. 1886.
Common names: Island-poppy
Basionym: Eschscholzia elegans var. ramosa Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 182. 1885
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Plants annual, caulescent, erect, 5-30 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Leaves basal and cauline; blade glabrous; ultimate lobes elongate, obtuse. Inflorescences cymose or 1-flowered; buds erect, blunt or rounded short-acuminate, tip less than 1/4 length of bud. Flowers: receptacle obconic, less than 2.5 cm broad, cup without spreading free rim; calyx acuminate, glabrous; petals yellow, sometimes with orange spot at base, 5-20 mm. Capsules 4-7 cm. Seeds brown, ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 mm, reticulate. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
Habitat: Open places, especially in chaparral
Elevation: 0-300 m
Discussion
Within the flora area, Eschscholzia ramosa is known only from the California Channel Islands.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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perigynous +
absent +
petiolate +
cauline +
glabrous +
lobed +
absent +
erect +
glabrous +
acuminate +
Island-poppy +
dehiscing +
cylindric +
microscopic +
alternate +
perigynous +
distinct +
absent +
2 times number of sepals +
2-carpellate +
parietal +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
1886 +
obconic +
expanded +
free +
spreading +
sticky +
reticulate +
burlike +
brown +
many +
pitted +
ellipsoid +
1-seeded +
calyptrate +
deciduous +
connate +
obovate +
leafy +
2;many +
spreading +
4;8 +
absent +
Eschscholzia ramosa +
Eschscholzia +
species +
0 length of bud;1/4 length of bud +
narrow +
caulescent +
annual +
small +