Eschscholzia caespitosa
Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 408. 1835.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Plants annual, caulescent, erect, tufted, 5-30 cm, glabrous, sometimes slightly glaucous. Leaves basal and cauline; blade with ultimate lobes short (giving compact appearance), obtuse or acute. Inflorescences cymose or 1-flowered; buds erect, apiculate-acuminate, tip usually more than 1/4 length of bud. Flowers: receptacle obconic, less than 2.5 mm broad, cup without spreading free rim; calyx apiculate, glabrous; petals yellow, sometimes with orange spot at base, 10-25 mm. Capsules 4-8 cm. Seeds brown to black, ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.5-2.4 mm, reticulate. 2n = 12.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–May).
Habitat: Open chaparral
Elevation: 0-1500 m
Distribution
Calif., Oreg., Mexico (Baja California)
Discussion
Eschscholzia caespitosa grows in the mainland foothills.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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perigynous +
absent +
petiolate +
cauline +
absent +
erect +
apiculate +
glabrous +
dehiscing +
cylindric +
microscopic +
alternate +
perigynous +
distinct +
absent +
2 times number of sepals +
2-carpellate +
parietal +
Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. +
1835 +
obconic +
expanded +
free +
spreading +
sticky +
reticulate +
burlike +
many +
pitted +
1-seeded +
calyptrate +
deciduous +
connate +
obovate +
leafy +
2;many +
spreading +
4;8 +
absent +
Eschscholzia caespitosa +
Eschscholzia +
species +
/4 length of bud;1 length of bud +
narrow +
caulescent +
annual +
small +