Papaver sect. Californicum

Kadereit

Rhodora 90: 11. 1988.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3. Treatment on page 325.

Plants annual, caulescent. Leaf-blades 1-2×-lobed, distal not clasping stem. Flowers: filaments greenish yellow, filiform. Capsules distinctly valvate, glabrous.

Selected References

None.

Kadereit +
palmate +  and subpalmate +
parted +, lobed +, 1-3×pinnately +  and unlobed +
sessile +  and subsessile +
Temperate and arctic North America +, Eurasia +, n +, s Africa +  and Australia +
greenish yellow +
sessile +, pedicellate +  and symmetric +
transverse +, poricidal +, valvate +  and dehiscence +
paniculate +  and racemose +
terminal +  and axillary +
1-2×-lobed +
sessile +, petiolate +  and simple +
alternate +  and opposite or whorled +
cauline +  and basal +
incised +, scalloped +, toothed +  and entire +
multilocular +
distinct +
obovate +
2 times number of sepals +
3-18[-22]-carpellate +
red +, orange +  and white +
carunculate +  and arillate +
distinct +
obovate +
decumbent +, spreading +  and erect +
deciduous +  and persistent +
Papaver sect. Californicum +
section +