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Eschscholzia glyptosperma

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Papaveraceae

Scientific name
  
Eschscholzia glyptosperma

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Ranunculales

Genus
  
Eschscholzia

Higher classification
  
Eschscholzia

Eschscholzia glyptosperma Eschscholzia glyptosperma Desert Poppy Southwest Desert Flora

Similar
  
Eschscholzia, Eschscholzia minutiflora, Eschscholzia parishii, Eschscholzia hypecoides, Eschscholzia lemmonii

Eschscholzia glyptosperma is a species of poppy known by the common names desert gold poppy, desert golden poppy, and Mojave poppy.

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It is native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Deserts of the Southwestern United States, in California, southern Nevada, western Arizona, and southwestern Utah. It is found in desert washes, flats, and slopes, at elevations of 30–1,600 metres (98–5,249 ft).

Eschscholzia glyptosperma Desert Gold Poppy Eschscholzia Glyptosperma Joshua Tree National

Distribution

Eschscholzia glyptosperma is an annual herb growing from a basal patch of leaves divided into pointed segments.

Eschscholzia glyptosperma Mojave Gold Poppy Eschscholzia Glyptosperma

It produces erect stems up to about 25 centimeters in height, each bearing a single flower. The poppy flower is bright yellow, with petals one to two and a half centimeters long. It blooms from March to May.

The fruit is a capsule 4 to 7 centimeters long filled with tiny rounded brown seeds.

References

Eschscholzia glyptosperma Wikipedia